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God iisr Nature 



Loving Kindness in The 

Works of Providence 

Royal Path to Happiness 



BY PROF. JACOB BEAMER. 

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Copyright, June 23, 1906 
BY I»ROF. Jacob Beamer 



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A BIOGRAPHY OF THE AUTHOR. 



Prof. Jacob Beamer was born March 22, 1830, near 
the classic town of Murraysville, Westmoreland County, Pa. 

He is a son of Henry and Elizabeth (Laufter) Beamer. 
(Forefathers from Switzerland.) 

Prof. Jacob Beamer after leaving the historical Beamer 
farm, m the forties, like all noted characters of that age, 
school teaching and canvassing good books were the step- 
ping stones of his eventful life. 

Bemg a diligent student in nature and all scientific 
topics, including Astronomy, Geology and Ethnology, de- 
livering hundreds of scientific lectures, occupying a period 
of forty-two years, over the Eastern and Western Hemi- 
spheres, ripening thought and developing up-to-date ideas 
which command the intellectual dignity of the present age. 
He is ripe in years and scholarship and blessed with good 
health. 

On October i6th, 1862, the Professor enlisted in Reg- 
iment 168, Pa. Vol., Col. Jack, and served until discharged 
at Harrisburg, Pa., July 23, 1863, after Gettysburg battle. 
Being a sergeant in detached service, most of the time in the 
Carolinas under Generals Foster, Hunter and Spinola. The 
Professor is temperate in his habits, a member of the 
Presbyterian CTiurch, and may rival his uncle in longevity, 
who lived to be loi years old. 

For the past forty-two years the Author's mind has 
been deeply engaged in the composition of this book, se- 
lecting the best from his many years of experience, eradicat- 
ing rude and uncouth expressions, hence it commands the 
dignity of any educational institution. 



We are living" in an age of electricity. Short hours of 
labor, short hours of school and preaching. Dispatch. Dis- 
tance almost eliminated. Wireless telegraphy and telepathy- 
man's days arc short. Action in everything. 

The greatest blessing to man is to know that life is im- 
mortal ; this knowledge cannot be burned, buried or hanged ^ 
it is a never dying monument. 

It bears the endorsement and illustrations of the great- 
est benefactors of the present age thereby declaring great 
merit and virtue. 



Untrobuction 



Is written in plain English, composed by the best sys- 
tem of reason and common sense, easily understood, tone 
good enough for any institution of learning. It is written 
for the express purpose of teaching that the hand of God 
is onmipotenl, omniscent and omnipresent. Adapted to wipe 
out infidelity and demonstrate the fact of God's overruling 
power under all conditions, m.aking you feel contented and 
happy 

Reading this volume will bring you in closer touch with 
the Almighty Father. As a citizen it will give you 
more moral courage 'and lay the foundation of a higher hu- 
manity. It will make the road to the Kingdom, of Heaven 
plainer, teaching you that God is not an almighty tyrant but 
a loving Companion and a good Father. 

The author, in placing this book to the world has intro- 
duced bright thoughts that have never appeared before the 
public. Adapted for Sabbath Schools, W. C. T. U.'s. and 
Y. M. C. A's. Nothing in the world makes better family 
reading and for memory gems in schools it has no equal. 

The volume contains four thousand aphorisms, alpha- 
oetically classihed for Fourth Reader in schools. No sec- 
tarianism. 

In presenting this pleasant volume to the public, I hope 
it mav do much good and bring many in closer touch with 
the celestial kingdom. 



Many Reasons 



Why the Hand of Go(i in Nature should be read by all : 

It brings you in closer touch with your Creator. 

It shows clearly that the works of Nature are an emi- 
nation ot the Almighty. 

It demonstrates that God is Omniscient, Omnipotent 
and Omnipresent. 

h proves that God is not an Almighty tyr^.nt but a 
kind, loving father. 

It makes you fear and love God the same as you love 
and fear a good father. 

It teaches that God's Creation commenced millions of 
years ago to be ready for the coming man, all for happi- 
ness. 

It proves that all creation, Animal, Veg-etable and Min- 
eral were created for man's happiness. 

It shows that the Hand of God is all in all and his love 
extends to all his creatures, for their happiness. 

It teaches that the works of Nature are an emination 
from the hand of God if we can keep in touch with them 
we are joyous and happy. 

It gives us greater confidence in our Creator and drives 
away all fear. 

It illustrates that God is love and that his loving kind- 
ness extends to the lowest creatures for happiness, as well 
as to the highest. 



It develops a joyous happiness that cannot be gained by 
reading any other work outside of the Book of Books. 

It is the best book for the center table. 

It is the best book for presents to dear ones away from 
home. 

It is the best book for the R. R. Library. 

It is the best book as a class reader in the Public 
Schools. 

It is the best book for memory gems in schools. 

It is the best book for Sunday schools. 

It :s the best book for joyous and beneficial reading on 
Sunday. 

It is the best book to cure the blues. 

It is the most pleasant and encouraging book for the 
invalid. 

It is the best book to take along on a far journey. 

It is the best book to develop the fullest trust in God. 

It is the best book to drive all fears of death away and 
make you feel happy under all adversities. 

It IS the best book to eradicate your infidelity, and place 
you in harmony with God. 

It is the best book to broaden your religion. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



The great wheel of time rolls on, striking us all the 
time, yet we don't feel it the same. In the hand of Provi- 
dence it is striking us all the time, yet we don't feel it. So 
in all God's works, they are quiet but all powerful when 
called into action. — God in Nature. 

The man who holds the course, not deviating to the 
rig^ht or left, is the man of power. Through this 
medium the Romans conquered the world. — God in Nature. 

A fan, the inaster piece of dii creation, created in His 
own im.age, standing erect, blessed with reason and en- 
dowed with a soul, walking over the earth as the lord of 
all. — God in Nature. 

The man with a purpose is a Man; the man without a 
purpose is an animal. — God in Nature. 

Unless a m.an is a fair lexacographer he is a side show 
of a scholar as long as he lives, and will have to run for a 
dictionary every time he is not able to spell a v/ord cor- 
rectly. — God in Nature. 

Every life has its own ungratified longings, its crosses 
and thwarted hopes, which are hard to bear, but in the 

midst of these things we learn what peace and happiness 
mean. — God m Nature. 

The poet expressed himself rightfully when he exclaim- 
ed on Jordan's stormy banks I stand. Physical and spiritual 
life is before us. Oh. how treacherous the storm.s of life are 
to a wandering pilgrim here below ! 

Pansies set out by our own hands give more pleasure 
than the present of a grand conservatory. The same in the 
buildmg of a small cottage home and living in it gives us 
more pleasure than the present of a palatial mansion and 
living in it. 

Jealousy and suspicion never helped any one in any po- 
sition, but has placed mi]lions in the insane asylum ; also 
caused thousands of suicides, murders and divorces. 

Rest comes from change of employment, not by sitting 
with mind and hands imemployed. — God in Nature. 



GOD IN NATURE. 

There is much more happiness and joy in fhtnking much 
about heaven than much about hell and the devil. — God in 
Nature. 

World wide inventions and good books doing much 
good to the ends of the earth have an echo that will resound 
through the long ages of eternity. 

Had it not been for the blood of the martyrs the Chris- 
tian church Vv^ould not be where it is, in every nation under 
tlie sun. — God in Nature. 

Eating meat develops a stronger animal nature than a 
diet of vegetables. — God in Nature. 

Three-fourths of the earth's surface is not cultivated, 
three-fourths of the human beings are not cultivated. — God 
in Nature. 

Don't tell people that they are getting fat or lean or 
pale ; it is not reciprocally appreciated. — God in Nature. 

Good children are like the ripe?t fruits, the good fall 
first. — God in Nature. 

God is our refuge and strength ; a very present helper 
in trouble. — God in Nature. 

If your pleasure harmonizes with duty it is genuine. — 
God in Nature. 

What a strange degree of foolishness it is to grapple 
after more wealtli than is necessary for comfort and hap- 
piness while on earth. — God in Nature. 

To pour oil on the water in a sea storm is a blessing ; 
to put sweet oil in a grumbler's mouth is the greater bless- 
ing. — ^God in Nature. 

Unintelligent giggling in a young lady can't be styled 
sweetness of cliaracter, bu.t an index that she has a soft 
head. — God in Nature. 

Whistles in the morning, calling time to workmen has 
much to do to create a systemized civilization in reckless 
communities.— God in Nature. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



Precisely the same flowers that grew in the Nile Valley 
five thousand years ago are blooming there today. — God in 
Nature. 

When all the mental faculties are working harmonioits- 
ly together, it develops a panoramic happiness which is 
really marvelous. 

If a chicken had three wings it could no fly to roost. 
If a man had three hundred million dollars it might hinder 
him in fiying to his heavenly rest. 

The tongue of a bell is a factor in the economy of the 
commonwealth of a people that commands a significance 
above all mechanical structures in all the relations of a civ- 
ilized life, ail for the happiness of man. 

Bad weeds suck ihe, soil's fertility : bad books suck the 
mind's fertility. — God in Nature. 

Washington is styled The Father of Otir Country and 
Lincoln as The Savior of Our Country. — God in Nature. 

Smiles that approach each other often end in a kiss. — 
God in Nature. 

The rolling stone gathers no moss. The setting hen 
gathers no feathers. Take the middle of the road and have 
a little moss on your back, and a few feathers on your 
wings, and trust to God and be happy. — God in Nature. 

Wishing and hoping are twin sisters of failures. Will- 
ing hands and work mean success, popularity and happiness. 

A real dangerous lie is twisted at both ends. Give the 
crank a turn and the twist looks like the whole truth. Give 
it another turn and out pops a big lie. 

Health is a duty we owe to ourselves and to God. If 
we neglect machinery it will rust, and we are sure to have a 
failure. If we neglect the body we are surer to have phys- 
ical wrecks, the same as in machinery. 

Unhappy is the man who is not employed in some 
worthy vocation which will develop happiness to millions. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



Legislation has much to say about cigarettes and artifi- 
cial butter, but not a word on impure candy while it (pre- 
maturely) kills hundreds to one in the improper use of 
cigarettes or butter. — God in Nature. 

Smiles are the electric wires that develop communica- 
tion beiween God and man, making man angelic, bringing 
him in touch with the celestial kingdom, all for man's hap- 
piness. — God in Nature. 

The winds assail the tree-tops, hence the strong roots on 
the side, to ward off the danger. The boy is assailed by the 
enemies of souls on all sides, hence the strong roots of the 
Gospel and especially on the side where the danger is. For 
happiness. — God in Nature. 

Our lives are full of responsibilities from the time we 
come into existence until we have answered our mission (no 
mission) ; all parts of the wheel of life are equally useful; 
all for man's happiness. — ^God in Nature. 

The prospects and failures in life depend to a great ex- 
tent on the parental home. If peace, industry and economy 
prevailed the posterity will reap the fruits. For happiness. 
— God in Nature. 

Silently as the falling snowflakes, the character of the 
child is formed, until by and by it is as strong as the ice- 
bergs of the frigid zones. For happiness. — God in Nature. 

Great riches, in all her avenues, carries a deep degree of 
selfishness that often is covered up by bequest, which are 
called great acts of charity ; but when properly dissected are 
nothing else than a double-jointed hypocrisy. — God in Na- 
ture. 

How heavenly it is to hear loving children say "Mother, 
how 1 love you," ''Papa is gone to the grave," "You was so 
kind and good to me when I was sick." For happiness. — 
God in Nature. 

The span in the chasm was too great for my effort to 
cross it; hence the disaster came unexpectedly. This is a 
daily occurrence among our American people. 



GOD IN NAT UK I-: 



The best way to fight sin is to have a healthy soul. 
We should interest ourselves in the amusement of our 
servants. 

The great soul makes harmony and music out of all the 
surroundings. — God in Nature. 

The brightest of all things, the sun, has black spots 
on it. 

From saving comes having, but not so quickly as from 
grabbing.— God in Nature. 

Every violation of the Sabbath is a violation of nature's 
laws. God's laws. 

A sure cure for worries is real, serious trouble. 

We need m^ore example and not so much instruction. 

Envy is one of the most hateful feelings. It is found 
in all living creatures. 

Poverty, transformed into prosperity, makes the mighty 
men of the earth. — God in Nature. 

He that endures with patience is a conqueror. 

The lever of the printing press is strong enough to 
move the world. 

A long beard don't make a philosopher. 

Inventions are the power of progress, ^nd are the ema- 
nation of plain people. — God in Nature. 

Prosperity doth best discover vice ; adversity doth best 
discover virtue. — God in Nature. 

Puff balls are fastest growers in the world; some grow 
six inches in diameter in one night. There are swelled heads 
that do the same. 

It is unnecessary suffering that brings premature gray 
hgiirs. — God in Nature. 

Some people are so over-honest, and pride in it, that 
they become perfecth^ selfish. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



The more knowledge we have of nature the more we 
know about God.— God in Nature. 

A mother's kiss kills pain; Christ's love kills sinsick- 

JICSS. 

Do a kind act to some one who has been unkind to you, 
is one of the grandest steps in favor oi the Heavenly King- 
dom. — God in Nature. 

W- hen the opportunity knocks at the door, it so often oc- 
curs that we are not there to open it and learn what she has 
for us. 

The greatest King and the poorest Peasant are equally 
rich in the enjoyment of sleep. — God in Nature. 

Kings can bestow offices to the people, but they can't 
bestow good sense to them. — God in Nature. 

The great aim of our existence should be to gain a 
knowledge of our natural being in all things. Live up to 
those laws and be happy for this life and the life to come. 

We s'houM aim to the highest standard in life in some 
vocation tliat is useful. King David, by the highest stand- 
ard :n stone-throwing, was made King of Israel. — God in 
Nature. 

Loving kindness is the essence of a sweet and happy life 
on earth. It also carries the key to the life on the other 
side of the grave. 

A knot placed to the end of the thread will prevent it 
from running through. A knot to the end of your tongue 
will prevcTit it from telling so many lies. 

The v/hole family should belong to the same religion 
jind be regular in attendance at public worship, and read a 
good, religious Sunday paper. 

Clouds cnine and go to purify the air and give life to 
vegetation ; troubles come and go to purify our lives and 
make us grow in knowledge. 

Kindness is the golden rule bv which societv is bound. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



I am in favor for every one to vote, irrespective of sex, 
color or nationality, legality of franchise, based on a classi- 
fied certificate the same as a teacher's. 

The man who is clean and systematic in dress is the 
same in all the relations of life. It talks stronger in favor of 
success than language can express. — God in Nature. 

Your money will not keep your memory fresh and 
green after death, but your kindly actions in favor of doing 
good to your fellow creatures will. 

The shark is the most dreaded sea monster, and at the 
same time it is the greatest benefactor to the purity of the 
Ocean, from the fact that it is the greatest scavenger in the 
great waters, 

Napoleon said the estimated value of a female was the 
number of children she reared. 

The royal road to happiness is centered on this beauti- 
ful gem : Man Know Thyself. — God in Nature. 

The sun shines through his own light ; so does the Bible, 
and so does the spirit of God ; hence the outspreading of this 
hnninous Trio. — God in Nature. 

The man who cannot forgive others is a greenhand in 
life and therein loseth the genuine happiness of life. — God 
in Nature. 

To love and forgive others is to enter into a larger and 
more beautiful living and be more happy. — »God in Nature. 

To harbor a grudge at any one is a burden to bear simi- 
lar to a chain and ball locked to your leg (in the chain gang) 
at the prisons. It destroys your happiness through the 
walks of life. 

Take the most undesirable place in all your community, 
put your trust in God, behave yourself, work, and ere long 
your place will be the most romantic and have all the beau- 
ties for happiness. 

The proper proportion of a man is the head being one- 
seventh the whole length of the person. For Happiness. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



God created man after his own image so that man 
through his physical and psychological influence stands in 4 
harmony with God in Nature ; all for the happiness of man. 
— God in Nature. 

Pain, like a watchman, is standing sentinel to all parts 
of the body, telling where danger is located so that we can 
regard pain as a blessing touching health and long life ; all 
for the happiness of man. — God in Nature. 

The fruits of temperance are patience, prosperity and 
happiness. The fruits of intemperance are wretchedness, 
poverty and unhappiness. — God in Nature. 

Nature in all her meanderings is an almighty panorama 
of moving pictures, all adapted for the happiness of man. — 
God in Nature. 

The great law of central gravity should be taught in 
all schools,- so as to impart knowledge on the happy medium 
(plumb line), for happiness. — God in Nature. 

A chicken when it lays an egg, cackles to let the world 
know her good works. The stupid goose lays her egg ' 
quietly and covers it like the miser who puts his money in 
the bank and covers it. — God in Nature. 

A great mechanical plant can't be started in a moment. 
God don't start any of his works in a moment. In some it 
required many ages. The formation of coal is a good ex- 
ample. — God in Nature. 

Man's life is fantastic, magnificent, romantic, solemn, 
panoi«amic and sublime. — God in Nature. 

Electricity and whiskey do not go together. The bar- 
room and whiskey do. The former is elevating, the latter 
carries the key that opens the gates of the lower regions. — 
God in Nature. 

It is not right to be discouraged when we can not com- 
pete with our companions. In the great battles it requires 
small guns as well as large ones. So in the battle of life it 
requires small guns as well as large ones. Both are equally 
useful. — God in Nature. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



Many studen.ts have made brilliant speeches in college, 
and were never heard of after ; but the boy at the foot of 
the class rose to eminence. — God in Nature. 

The song- of the spring birds is the most charming 
music ; moreover, the birds never went to college to learn 
to sing, (Nat'jre.) 

Study, with honest effort, is the true road to wealth. 

When you forget self then you are in good shape to 
assist your leighbor. , 

Sharp and witty sayings are like surface springs, thel 
come from shallow sources. 

Kv'n thoughts choke out good deeds ; good thoughts 
choke out bad deeds. 

Each chniate needs what other climates produce. — God 
in Nature. 

Always accommodate yourself to the surroundings. 

The Imnd of man in the hand of God, through the me- 
dium of electricity, are in good fellowship, even to the eter- 
nal throne of the Great Jehovah. 

If a]i houses were uniform in organization the beau- 
tiful rom.ance would be entirely destroyed in artistic pro- 
gress. Happiness and prosperity w^ould stop ; hence God de- 
mands a variety. — God in Nature, 

If you want to ride to fame on a high horse it happens 
so often that your old nag is tired out before you get .there. 
— God m Nature. 

Fire and v/ater are no respectors of persons ; the mon- 
arch and the peasant are equally subject to these monster 
powers. They are God powers. — God in Nature. 

A fat goose to be picked is to develop a law suit with a 
rich man who thinks himself smart enough for sharp law- 
yers to tleece hini. 

When we know so little about the future we should da 
all we can to improve the present. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



If a man has a bad liver he has black spots flying be- 
fore his eyes. If a man has a bad conscience he has black 
spots flying before his spiritual eyes. — God in Nature. 

■ When the lower set of teeth project farther out than the 
upper, the index points to a grasping and somew'hat of an 
overbearing nature. Tn a trade it is well to keep the wool 
off your eyes.- • -God in Nature. 

Over loving in the pathv/ay of life is not best, but con- 
tinual sweetness is the best recommendation you can have. — 
God in Nature. 

No one in life amounts to much unless they have the 
amative aiialities strong, and under subjection. They are 
the same as steam is to the engine. — God in Nature. 

If you covet a white life you must turn }^our back on 
all intoxicRnts. — God in Nature. 

All forms of levers and all the principal kinds of hinges 
are found in the human body. — God in Nature. 

The light on the fourth day of creation was to measure 
days and seasons. The previous was electric, a mild sheet 
of lightning all the tim.e, accompanied by sufficient mist to 
prevent the sun from penetrating. — God in Nature, 

One cog out of place in a v/heel may destroy the work- 
ing of the whole factory, the same in your mental organs ; 
one faculty out of place may destroy the proper working of 
your whole mental organization. — God in Nature. 

The whole animal kingdom is satisfied on earth. Man 
is not satistled, he, by nature, is looking to a great future 
iiome. — God in Nature. 

Book learning is not as high or good as learning from 
Nature. — God in Nature. 

Nothing in the scale of patriotic morality is so grand as 
unreserved forgiveness ; it is so Godhke. — God in Nature. 

Crude nature classified and artistified develops civili- 
zation. — God in Nature. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



Business in every age has been the forerunner of civ- 
ilization ; hence in this class we find the greatest benefactors 
of the earth. — God in Nature. 

Great bodies of water equalize climate and seasons : 
tience the irregularity of climate at a distance from the 
oceans. The same philosophy holds good among people, 
animals and birds. — God in Nature. 

The meek spirit carries the only true key of religion; 
a proud nature abhors the lowly and meek Jesus : he, by na- 
ture, hates Him like a mad dog hates clear water, because 
his own shadow is reflected. 

When the joy of the Lord is lost by wrong-doing, like 
iJavid of old, and then regained, then Ave are prepared to 
enjoy the peace of right-doing much more. — God in Nature. 

Worlds are young, middle-aged and old ; the same in 
people. The middle-aged is the most desirable for the 
highest expression of civilization, both in man and worlds. 
When old, too cold ; when young, too warm. — God in Na- 
ture. 

God, in His works of creation, is not particular in the 
straightness of lines or rows. The stars and the trees of 
the forests are a good index. The same in men of prosperi- 
ty — they do those things that are nearest to them. 

The preacher in matrimony says, "Will you obey this 
man?" You say, "Yes." Very frequently this injunction is 
neglected and entirely forgotten. The tables are turned, 
and things are topsy turvy all along the line. — God in Na- 
ture. 

The greatest statesmen could not make a great Republic 
out of the South Sea Islands. The schooling of the com- 
mon people is the only medium that will make a great Re- 
public. — God in Nature. 

Detach fruit from the stem and it will ripen sooner, 
but it will not mature. So in children — detach them from 
the parental stem before they are ripe and they w^ill mature 
sooner, but never amount to much. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



The kind of reading we choose is an index to the drift 
of our minds in after life. If we choose low literature 
v/e grow low, and if we choose high, we grow high; as the 
twig is bent the tree is inclined. — God in Nature. 

Many prayers are framed to please ourselves and not 
God , that is one great cause that so many prayers go over 
in the great waste-basket of time unanswered. — God in 
Nature. 

Many v/onien put more feathers on their head than the 
average bird, yet they can't fly. Before you can make a 
P.yer you must possess natural feathers. That is the reason 
so many make fools of themselves. They attempt to fly 
and don't have natural feathers. For Happiness. 

More conquests have been gained through fervent pray-- 
ers than man can realize. — God in Nature. 

Nine times out of ten the black sheep of the family was 
at one time the pet lamb, and the mother's apron string or 
daddy's coat-tail made it black. Unhappiness. — God in Na- 
ture. 

The hum.an mind demands fun (mirth). This is as 
necessary for the makeup of a perfect being as food, drink 
and religion, and the neglect invites premature death and a 
life of unhappiness.-— God in Nature. 

The song of the birds, the sighing of the breeze, the 
chirjDing of the insects and the ripple of the streams, devel- 
op a harmor.'c sound in correspondence with nature. It is 
the voice of God, all for man's happiness. — God in Nature. 

Like the cry of fire at the midnight hour, which is 
frightful. vSo is the cry "Your boy he is a murderer; he 
killed a man." Eighteen years ago he was a lovely babe on 
the mother's knees. VvHiiskey did it. 

Among the sweet and lovely babes today we find the 
thieves, drunkards and nuuTlerers of their generation. Oh, 
how sad to think that a mother to know the fate of her chil- 
dren ! In this ignorance is bliss. — God in Nature for hap- 
piness. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



Stutter irg is like profanity, very contag-ious. — God in 
Nature. 

Learn some vocation by which you can make an inde- 
pendent iiveHhood. 

The love for f^oweYs is an index to a Godly nature. 
Cultivate flowers. — God in Nature. 

A lazy man is of no more use t!han a dead man, only 
he takes m.ore room. — God in Nature. 

Love cannot exist unless the surrounding atmosphere is 
congenial.-— God in Nature. 

Pure and upright living and devotion to principal is the 
surest foundation to success. — God in Nature. 

Li^-igation and warfare are two relics of the 'dark ages. 
— God in Nature. 

A deep down hearty laugh is worth a dozen sermons. 
— God in Nature. 

If you win a lav/suit the lawyer gets the cream and you 
get the milk. — God in Nature. 

God is love, his mercy endureth forever. — God in Na- 
ture. 

A bad life is a broken law and is disastrous. — God in 
Nature. 

Love in all things stand pre-eminent, it adds all the 
God qualities. — God in Nature. * 

Laziness is the greatest curse in life, it kills all the 
brig'ht spots. — God in Nature. 

What good is a large fortune when we can't take part 
of it and buy contentment and happiness. — God in Nature. 

All dogs are afraid of thunder and lightning. — God in 
Nature. 

In our schools very often there is more learning than 
reason — .s^ood sense.- -God in Nature, 



GOD IN NATURE. 



Some men attending" a funeral look as miserable as pos- 
sible. — God in Nature, 

If you want to remain young until you are in an ad- 
vanced age, court the society of the young. — God in Nature. 

There is danger of eating too much food at a meal and 
not often enough. There is danger of eating too much 
mental food at one time and not often enough, — God in 
Nature. 

Poverty and necessity are the g-reat schools for inven- 
tion and development. 

Predicted impossibilities, hitched to genius, make the 
world move. 

Poverty, disappointments and the death of loved ones 
brings us to God. — God in Nature. 

No vv'ord in old age is so great, glorious or good, or 
sounds so svrcetly as the word "peace." It embraces all the 
virtues. — God in Nature. 

Pride and poverty are poorly matched, but often dwell 
in the some house. — God in Nature. 

If a man talks to you, answer him promptly, do the 
same in VvOur letters. 

Better be without a talent than to make use of it in the 
v^^rong direction. 

All trees, vegetables and insects, if in their right place, 
minister to man. — Cxod in Nature. 

A sv/eet temper can be cultivated, the same as anything. 

A pleasant smile to all you come in contact with, is im- 
mensely ill your favor, in all relations of life. — God in Na- 
ture. 

Stars, trees, animals, birds and, in fact, all Nature, is 
a variety : even so in the Golden Gems. 

Every situation in life is a school, every experience a 
teacher. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



The home training of children from the hands of the 
mother will talk in future life more than all other mediums 
combined. — God in Nature. 

The minds of a people demand amusem.ent, mirth and 
fun in all the varied steps of life. It is as necessary as 
sleep or the exercise of any other organs of the mind. 

It is the dutv of families and communities to provide 
special occasions to make mirth. This is a fact that belongs 
to the highest form of civilization. 

SmJles are the cheapest of all commodities and com- 
mand the most value in all the relations of life. 

A man or woman is not a success in life or death unless 
they are full of smiiles. — God in Nature. 

There are certain dress suits that are becoming under 
all o<2casions ; so in smiles. There are certain smiles which 
are becoming under all occasions. — God in Nature. 

If you v/ant truthful history you must consult the fos- 
sils of that age. 

Anger destroys the light of reason and opens the gates ^ 
to let the devil in. 

The works of nature are the scholars under God's com- 
mand, and if we are scholars in the same class, we are in 
harmony v/ith the Creator and are happy. 

Hand of God are the garnered wisdom of all Nations 
and all Agf s, for the happiness of unborn generations. 

Through the medium of books we look out of the win- 
dows of darkness into the light of intelligence penetrating 
all the corners of the earth. — God in Nature. 

Music is the natural language of the soul. It don't 
matter from what source it comes, the harmony is all the 
same. 

Life is an arena of many forms and the party who can 
act his or her part the most natural stands the highest, and 
receives the best diploma at the great day. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



The countenance is the index to the mind, the same as 
the bark is the index to the fruit of the tree. — God in Na- 
ture for man's happiness. 

»The deeper we penetrate into the constellations of the 
different systems of stars, the more happiness we gain from 
the science of astronomy, all for the happiness of man. — 
God in Nature. 

Brutes do not blush. The man who blushes the most 
freely, is the most human, all for happiness. — God in Na- 
ture. 

There is no word in the dictionary that has more suf- 
fixes than the word ''Love." 

Laughter is stronger in an argument than reason from 
the most powerful philosopher. 

If you want to reach heaven, make home like heaven. 
This is a wise provision for happiness on earth and in 
heaven. 

To a great extent our success in life depends on our mis- 
takes and corrections. 

The health and long life of nations and families depend 
on temperance. If temperate, long life follows, and if in- 
temperate, short life follows, all to teach happiness to man. 

The love of God and the laugh of a child are synonyms. 
Curiosity often leads young people into forbidden 
places and sad results follow. 

Mirth don't build houses and don't survey lands, but it 
is the cement that fills the ragged edges and adds smooth- 
ness to our pathway through life. 

The dignity of a letter is immensely destroyed by bad 
spelling. 

Ye shaU drink no wine, neither you nor your sons for- 
ever. — Jer. 35 :6. 

A chatterbox of a woman is not dangerous. She is 
like a fire-fly — full of flashes. — God in Nature. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



There is not one old family in one hundred but what 
could do wit1i much less furniture. An over amount of 
clothing and books is a harbor for disease germs ; also to 
make extra work to the matron who is running the house. 

The index on the pier declares the safety in the fording. 
The index of a man's face declares the safety in crossing the 
River Jordan. — God in Nature. 

No licuse is thoroughly fire-proof, no man is thor- 
oughly proof against temptation^; both have inflammables 
in tlie inside. 

hiappy i.s tlie man who finds satisfaction in doing things 
that otliers thought too small in signification. — God in Na- 
ture. 

No or,c can ha^'c a perfect face unless he lias a perfect 
head in slmpe and culture. The head is the great fountain 
cf all tViat Irciongs to man. — God in Nature. 

Avoid tl'fc fears in all the varied forms. They are the 
greatest enemy to sleep, health and long life. — God in Na- 
ture. 

It is just as hard to break olT from a good habit as to 
break ofi" from a bad one. — God in Nature. 

Never write a letter that has the least fightins: spirit in 
it. . 

All the monev you want for happiness is^enough to keep 
the wolf from the door. — God in Nature. 

God has given us many gifts, holding us accountable 
for iihe improvement of every one. — God in Nature. 

The idler finds fault with the rich man. The rich man 
finds fault with tlie poor man. — God in Nature. 

The greatest snow storms commence wdth little flakes, 
the greatest violators commence with little flakes, step by 
step, tmt.il the avalanche comes. — God in Nature. 

It is said that faith that removes mountains carries a 
pick. — God in Nature. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



Strive dilig'ently with some fixed purpose in your mind 
«nd vou caimot fail— -God in Nature. 

Mirth and good behavior is the life in all that is good. 
— God m Nature. 

The monkey hunters make tlie monkeys drunk, then 
catch one monkey and the other monkeys, hearing him cry, 
follow him and 'hence thev are all captured. 

Remain youns: as long as you can and enjoy the com- 
pany of the young'. 

Nearly rJl great men get their greatness from a cer- 
tain peculiar action that penetrated the community or the 
nation. — God in Nature. 

A pure, noble manliood stands above a brilliant sdiolar- 
ship. — God in Nature. 

The man who dislikes work is a bright genius and an 
inventor. — God in Nature. 

The man v.^ho is a great lover of work never is a good 
workman, but a noted briggler. — God in Nature. 

Doing those things which seem impossible to a com- 
mon mind, is wherein the glory of living exists. 

When a man has a strong masculine mouth his char- 
acter is strong and niasculine : if his mouth is small and 
femaninc — babyish, his character is femanine. — God in Na- 
ture. 

Be always friendlv with your neighbors, you do not 
know when you need them. — God in Nature. 

It IS so frequent that a voimg man without a trade turns 
cut to be a perfect nuisance, hence everyone should have a 
trade of some kind. — God in Nature. 

To unlock a safe ;\ach department has a key to fit the 
lock. Even so in life, each department has an individual 
key; the ^a:ne in mankind, you must have the right men to 
unlock the riglit place and thing before you can get in. — God 
in Nature. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



, It is ju'^t as hard to quit a good habit as a bad one, 
showing that nature's laws penetrate and work in all the 
actions of life. All for the happiness of man. 

Favors are doubly valuable if received graciously and 
reciprocally for a happy return. 

Although deep down in the Ocean in the coral fields 
we find a great variety the same as we find in the forests, 
t.nd among the stars. God is not satisfied unless He repre- 
sents a great variet}-, all for the happiness of man. — God in 
Nature. 

The hands on the dial of time will not move back, God 
means progress go on. Don't look back. Go on and de- 
velop new fields of progress. God's great book of nature 
will not end , be happy to all eternity. 

God bestowed the faculty of laughing on man for a 
vent, the same as the vents in the ice fields, they answer 
the same purpose as the steam scaped on top of the boiler 
to keep it from breaking: all for man*s happiness. 

Bv too much classification in education and daily life 
we destro}'' the romance. God loves romance in all His 
creation it is nothing but variey. — God in Nature. 

It seems m.arvelous that the Creator devised All-wise 
plans in the Procreative organs for love and sustenance : 
also for protection and happiness. — God in Nature. 

The lieavcns declare the glory of the Lord in so many 
ways ; all for the happiness of man. 

A leaf on a tree when old and ripe fades and dies, even 
so in man when old and ripe he fades and dies, all in har- 
mony with the laws of God adapted for the happiness of 
man. 

Clocks wear out and need fixing. God's clock of time 
don't wear out, it needs no repairing, it is the clock that 
runs to all eternity. All for the happiness of man. 

The earth supplies food for man, the waters supply 
food for fishes, all for happiness. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



As the ages of intelligence move on, the environs step 
in to accommodate all things. All for the happiness of 
man. — God in Nature. 

No flirter carrier in his heart a spark of true love not 
any more than i thief carries honesty. Roth need a term in 
jail. Stealing affections and stealing potatoes — one is as 
henious as the other in the sight of God and man. 

Golden Gems will not tarnish as the ages roll on, but 
retain their primitive brightness the same as gold. — God in 
Nature. 

The private in the army has no more use or right to 
carry a wptch than an army horse. All he has to do (when 
the roll is called) is to put the harness on and march to the 
dictates of the command. The better his time is, the m.ore 
glory and stars are added to his straps. — God in Nature. 

To put the saddle on the wrong horse, or bark up the 
wrong tree, is about the same. In both cases you are sure 
to come out at the wrong end. 

Joy and mirth will bring you nearer to the kingdom of 
God ; gloom and despondency will bring you closer to the 
kingdom of Satan. 

Happy is the man whose vocation adds daily enjoyment 
at an enterprise which brings glory to his fellow being. — 
God in Nature. 

If a man can't make as good a speech as William Jen- 
nings Bryan ; if he only has learned to keep his mouth shut 
at the right time, he has made a grand step in favor of a 
glorious and happy life. 

The porcupine has no fear. On his back he carries his 
army of protection. In this respect God provides them for 
self-protection better than He does a human being. All for 
animal happiness. — God in Nature. 

Sleep is governed by the hand of God. It has no rea- 
son. It bends to accommodate the environs. — God in Na- 
ture for Man's Happiness. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



The average life of the female is greater than of the 
male. Goodness and long life go hand in hand, hence in 
both the female has the preference. — God in Nature. 

The milk of hmnan kindness is not near so prolific in 
cream as it used to be. — God in Nature. 

To cultivate yom* m.ind for high positions you must en- 
tertain and cultivate high imagination and read the biog- 
raphy of ambitious men who made a great mark in life in 
favor of doing mvich good. — God in Nature. 

Nothing is hard to a willing mind, nothing is easy to an 
unwilling mind. — God in Nature. 

A man who is a powerful magnet can electrify a large 
crowd of people intuitively without the knowledge of any 
one, into a good or bad direction, by his presence, without 
nattering a word.— God in Nature. 

The only place where too good measure is a curse is in 
giving overtime in producing too long sermons, and there- 
by break up fine congregations : all produced by over meas- 
ure. — God in Mature. 

You must have yoiu' meals at the proper time and your 
children off to school at the percise minute if you want to 
teach punctuality to your family, which is the greatest step 
to success in all the affairs of life. — God in Nature. 

He who has not mind enough to accommodate the sur- 
roundings in all their ranfifications, must suffer conse- 
qiiences that sometimes carry black eyes. — God in Nature. 

When an man sets popularity before his eyes he is sure 
to let his good principle go. — God in Nature. 

When your mission is business, talk business and noth- 
mg but business and be oft' after your business. — God in Na- 
ture. 

A black wasp is all the time wriggling her posterior to 
get in good shape to sting somebody; som.e people are all 
the time riggliug their tongue in order to have it in good 
shape to sting somebody. — God in Nature. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



To a greot extent our success in life depends on our 
mistakes and corrections. — God in Nature. 

Mirth don't build houses and don't survey lands, but 
;t is the cement that fills the ragged edges and adds smooth- 
ness to our pathway through life. — God in Nature. 

Hunting elephants is tame work until the chase comes ; 
then the whole pot is full of fun, unless it boils over and 
some one is hurt. — God in Nature. 

No man can serve two masters on the same job at the 
same time, even the same in serving the Spiritual Master; 
you can't serve God and mammon at the same time, you 
must drop the interest of one or the other. 

The last of all God's creation was a perfect man, and 
he pronounced all his works good. — God in Nature. 

The best interest a man can reap while on earth is to be 
a gentlem.an in all places and under all circumstances. — God 
in Nature. 

Tools not used every day rust; minds not used every 
day rust. — God in Nature. 

A little philosophy uiclineth a man's mind to atheism, 
but depth in philosophy bringcth a man's mind to religion. 
— God in Nature. 

The men who are always failures is because they are 
behind time. Punctuality is the greatest virtue in favor of 
success. — God in Nature. 

I never saw the preacher who could tell a story and bring 
the deep down laugh the same as the yankee from Maine 
or the Irish paddy from Cork. — God in Nature. 

There is no telling how far a poor woman can make out 
of one dollar wlicn she is a good financier. There is no tell- 
ir.g how little a woman can buy for one dollar, when she is a 
poor financier. 

If a man is thoroughly fitted to fill a certain vocation, 
nine times out of ten he is a success. — God in Nature. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



Bad money is like the Australian boomerang. It is sure 
to come back and strike you on the back. 

We read in the Bible that Moses made atonement for 
the sins of the people. Had Moses lived in this fast Amer- 
ican age among the money kings and attempted to make 
atonement they would have called him a crank and a sore- 
head. 

There is a golden moment in every great person's life 
not unlike the golden text of a topic. It was the pit in the 
case of Joseph, the killing of the giant in King David, and 
the emancipation proclamation in Lincoln. 

We should at all times and under all circumstances 
center our minds on the glory of the Gospel and as cur days 
progress on earth the evil will pass away, and the gates of 
the sweet by and by will open. 

A loud mouthed man can't keep it up long at a time. 
It is the quiet one that is dangerous. The one who thinks 
and talks at the right time and place is the success. 

The demands of the inner man cannot be satisfied by 
the expression of the finest architectural cathedral on earth. 

Every v/ife should have good kitchen judgment, and 
the husband should have good horse sense (common sense) 
If these all work together in perfect harm.ony, rest assured 
there will be success in that home. — God in Nature. 

Round is the ring that has no end, even so is my love 
to you as a friend. Our love to God should read the same. 
Then -vve should be happy all the time an^ at death our 
friendship wouki go on and on to all eternity. 

In all purposes, for all around health rough towel rub- 
ibing is better adapted for every day health than water bath- 
ing, inasmuch as the varieties and improprieties are too- 
varied and absorb too much vitality. — God in Nature. 

Patriotic courage applies to things which carry merits 
of the highest order in doing the right thing at the right 
time and at the right place. — God in Nature. 

The greatest gospel plan of salvation is to get right 
with God and stay right 



GOD IN NATURE. 



The hands that are employed at the plow or at the sew- 
ing-machine have displaced the hands of the devil. He is 
defeated ; he wants idle hands. — God in Nature. 

The four seasons are placing new pictures on the pan- 
oramic screen, so as to develop a variety which are adapted 
to the highest degree of happiness for all humanity. — God 
in Nature. 

The Proverb says people living in glass houses should 
not throw stones ; but how about them who are not in glass 
houses, have they ?.ny more right to throw stones? I say 
they have net, for man's happiness. 

When you stand still in the ranks and see the men fall 
on all sides is when the fear comes over you, but rushing in 
double quick into the battle, your fear is gone. Even so in 
every day life, it is when you stand still that the fear comes 
on; touching the wolf at the door, opposing happiness. 

Ice fields make all the surroundings chilly and cold. So 
in a cold-blooded man he makes all the surroundings cold. 
Laugh and be warm blooded, for man's happiness. 

When beauty begins to puff itself up look out for a 
puffing up of an unbearable vanity, detrimental to man's 
happiness. — God in Nature. 

The intrinsic value of any coin is indicated by the 
jingle or ring. Even so in man ; it don't depend so much 
on the size as it does on the jingle. 

The toy bank is the financial A B C in the scale of the 
monev king. I am sorry to say that many fogies never get 
out of the ABC class. They are afraid to venture, they 
are financial cowards, never happy. 

Every man holds a central pole of purification. On 
the other hand every one holds a pole of petrefaction. We 
can't hold to both at the same time. Brother, which do you 
hold, the green and red, or the yellow and black? — God in 
Nature. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



A young- man starting out in life and doing those little 
things that lie nearest him, is prepared, by and by, to do 
mighty works for himself and nations. — God in Nature. 

The nations highest in civilization worship high, and 
those tiliat worship low are low in all things. — God in Na- 
ture. 

Strong bad men look upon the weak and good men with 
contempt. — God in Nature. 

If in every city a few men wcfiild be so beautifully rep- 
resented in tlieir manhood that their presence would inspire 
people God-like, it would do more to convert j^eople into a 
Godlike life than all the preaching — God in Nature. 

No one is more apt to l:)oast than those who have the 
least merit. — God in Nature. 

Anger is the meanest passion that belongs to the human 
family. — God in Nature. 

A young man not disposed to read solid literature — an 
old ignoramus — God in Nature. 

To find a needle in a hay mow involves an interest, to 
find one on a sheet of glass does not involve an interest. The 
same in classified reading, the Bible when closely classified, 
has lost its zeal and interest, — God in Nature. 

There is danger in giving too much medicine in one 
dose, there is danger in giving too much sermon in one dose. 
— ^God in Nature. ^. 

Monev buys everything except sleep. In this respect 
the poor are rich. — God in Nature. 

The man who has wisdom and don't improve it is like 
the man who cultivated his field and did not sow it. In the 
scale of usefulness both were failures, but when properly 
placed botli proved very useful. — God in Nature. 

Men aften destroy their usefulness by talking too much. 
So in preachers, they hurt their cause by talking too much. 

In case of fevers the patient exhales an odor of mice. 



GOD IN NATURE. 

A poorer preacher might do much more good than one 
of those gassy ones. — God in Nature. 

A boy goes to school to study Latin and Greek, but 
wants the saw and hatchet, in that he is happy, good and 
rseful. Hitch the boy so that the harness don't rub. 

The man who has red hair and gray eyes and marries 
a lady with red hair and gray eyes, fights — Hkes repel. He 
should marry a lady one-seventh different in physical tem- 
|«erament. 

Music is the most God blessed faculty in the human 
mind, it elevates the most. 

In the mineral, vegetable and animal kingdoms there is 
a predom.inant nature and this, by schooling or training, 
can be changed very little. Ea^cu so in the human, if not 
placed in the right channel in a congenial vocation, they will 
go through life and never amount to much — like a duck out 
of water. 

A man is a big fool to lay up immense treasures for a 
set of lazy children to spend and by and by turn out perfect 
desperadoes and prof igates. 

A vocation which has much noise in it is not desirable 
ior long life. A medium quietness is the best for long life 
and good health. — God in Nature. 

After a man sets it up a few limes it so often sets him 
down in the gutter. — God in Nature. 

A man huilding air castles may be induced to think on 
vomething that is real and, thereby develop a fact that will 
be a great blessing, like the study of astrology brought out 
aitronomy. — God in Nature. 

A certain Methodist preacher told his class that he 
could say more good in a minute to his class than he could 
practice in a year. 

Some small mouthed men act like spoiled children, they 
never will amoiuit to anything until they quite their silliness. 
— God in Natavc. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



: Our bodies are the temples of the Holy Ghost (Soul), 
and for its happy indweller we should be careful to keep^ 
the temple undefiled. Tobacco and whiskey stand at the 
head of this abomination. — God in Nature. 

Compare the noise of the civilized world of the present 
age to the age of Christ and behold the difference. The 
whistle and the hum of machinery, and in Christ's day the 
bleating- of the sheep. — God in Nature. 

The Creator does not employ mathematics for the gov- 
ernment of terrestial operations belonging to our planet 
Volition, which is the mind of God, and environs govern. 

All man has to do is to study these laws and harmonize 
himself with them. They are the hand of God, and be 
happy. — God in Nature. 

Whether the world owes you a living or not, one thing 
is sure: You owe your living to the world. Therefore you 
should show humility to the world to such an extent that 
will bring you in closer relationship with your Creator. — 
God in Nature. 

Inasmuch as we are on earth we should act patri- 
otic in all thfngs and not the weaklings compared with time 
we are a brief cyclone, then the place will know it no more. 
— God in Nature. 

To kick a banana peeling from the pavement may save 
your follower from slipping and falling and breaking a bone 
In doing this humble act of beneficence (jod may promote 
you to a higher place and your happiness will be so much 
greater. — God in Nature. 

Joining church and being a Christian are two things. 
Being a Christian makes your entire nature humiliating in 
all the steos of life ; joining church makes you more proud 
and haughty. The same as a business combine. — God in 
Nature. 

All children think their own home, playthings, mother 
and father the best. This is a God spirit and should be cul- 
'ivated. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



Tranquility of the soul develops celestial bliss while so- 
journers on earth. 

Every organ of the mind has a good and a bad nature. 
The good belongs to God and the bad to tlie devil. If we 
keep the good harmonious we are right for heaven, and if 
we keep the bad harmonious we are right for hell. 

When the meanderlngs of girls are sumed up, the best 
schooling is to learn to be a good housekeeper (not all 
book learning), but work and be able to manage a house so 
as to make a happy home. This is much better than a high 
college education. For man's happiness. 

If you can't find contentment for mind and body in 
your every day avocation, bear in mind that you can't find it 
anywhere else. 

Mirth lifts the gloomy weight of the depressed woman 
and sends new life throughout her whole body, adding 
length of days and happiness. 

A handsome man is by no means the most popular 
among the ladies ; it is the one who can crack the largest 
amount of funny stories. 

Keep your mind busily engaged and be at peace with 
ell mankind. Be in the open air as much as possible and 
put your full trust in God. These four rules properly ob- 
served will give you the oil of happiness. 

Meat eating nations take the lead in every branch of 
business. 

We are all subject to mistakes, we should not be dis- 
heartened by them, we should not show ourselves weaklings. 

Old maxim, revenge is sweet. Alas, the rebellion It 
develops adds more unhappiness than all the sweetness 
produced by the revenge. 

When the mind is too rich it will not develop large 
thoughts, the same as soil when it is too rich it will not de- 
'.'■elop large fruit. The happy medium is right for the mind 
and the soil. 



GOD IN NATURE. 

Virtue, pushed too far, becomes a curse. 

The man who laug'hs makes friends. — God in Nature. 

DiHgence procures wealth and reputation that Hve. 

A man maker and a man mender is like a shoe maker 
and a shoe mender or cobbler. They are the same in simili- 
tude ; a stitch in time saves nine. — God in Nature. 

By tlK largest telescopes we can see over one hundred 
million of stars and no doubt some have in their solar sys- 
tem and more planets for habitation than we represent on 
our solar system. Still we are so greedy to get more. — God 
in Nature. 

Train a boy into manhood by kindness and you will 
have a man of noble qualities ; break a boy into manhood by- 
harsh treatment and yoii will have a man full of all manner 
of deviltry. AH his sweet traits are chased out of him. — ■ 
God in Nature. 

If a man and wife could go as agreeable through their 
life as they did through their courship days, oh what a 
Heaven this v/orld would l:)e. — God in Nature. 

Marriage is honorable and for this reason God gave the 
mjunotion, ''You slialJ forsake father and mother and cleave 
unto your v/ife." 

Marriagf in consanguinity is forbidden in the word of 
God. 

The first baby Christianity had was named music. — God 
in Nature. 

The best thing a young man or lady can do touching 
sowing wild oats is to put it oft until the advent of the next 
reptilian age. — God in Nature. 

The ink in the v^Titing machine is its vitality, the blood 
of the body is its vitality ; both when wanting in property, 
paleness and death is written. — God in Nature. 

Byron said, ''Laugh when you can. it is the cheapest 
medicine on earth." 



GOD IN NATURE. 



When money becomes a man's master and crowds out 
all other good thinp^s the man is a slave, and a very unhappy 
creature. — God in Nature. 

Music soothes and quiets the soul of all living crea- 
tion. — God in Nature. 

A man's greatness is exhibited in being master in great 
difficulties. — God in Nature. 

The highest virtue a pig has is to be smeared with mud 
all over, the highest virtue many people want to represent is 
to show how much decaved fossils and moss they have on 
their backs. — God in Nature. 

A bad memory is a great blessing, it drops out all the 
worthless trash Which is the chaff of thought, and retains the 
fr,'cts of iniDortance. What a frightful curse it would be if 
we could hold all the stuff we hear and see. — God in Nature.. 

The ir.ore you cultivate a sweet and mirthful disposi- 
tion the more it will grow on vou. Cultivate sourness and 
by and by vou will be as sour as old vinegar in a dark cellar. 
— God in Nature. 

!e is winning even among enemies and 
especially in business. — God in Nature. 

The larger the man the m.ore obtuse the nerves are to 
the sense of touch, the smaller and finer the man, the m.ore 
sensitive the nerves of touch are. — God in Nature. 

Men who cannot change their plans cannot fulfil their 
highest calling.- -God in Nature. 

A crooked thinker is a mean man. A bright and good 
thinker is God like. — God in Nature. 

A mind of splendor is often concealed under the garb 
of poverty. — (jod in Nature. 

A man who minds his own stomach minds little else.— 
God in Natuie. 

A contented mind is a continual feast. It makes one 
richer than the Rothchilds.— God in Nature. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



The tide comes and goes ; governed directly by the hand 
•of God, to keep the ocean pure for rain and air. All for 
man's happiness. 

A nuggest of precious metal may confront us on the 
way to our daily labor for years without attracting the least 
interest. By and by the geologist tomes along and, by his 
schooling, knows that it is gold; hence the value of school- 
ing. — God in Nature. 

Barrenness is the index to blight and unhappiness ; 
fruitfulness to prosperity and happiness. 

A hot axle on a car wheel may cause a bad wreck ; a 
hot time at Fleahharties' saloon fight may cause a broken 
axle and a broken jaw. — God in Nature. 

A woman can make a demon out of any man by sending 
him off to his daily avocation boiling angry. When he re- 
turns in the evening he is in good shape to make things hot 
and in a very short time she has what she needs — a frightful 
tyrant. — God in Nature. 

He who loseth money loseth much ; he who loseth a 
friend loseth more, and he who loseth his soul loseth all. — 
God in Nature. 

All work is a failure that don't bring people nearer to 
their God. 

Be of good cheer; fun has settled rrfore lawsuits and 
fights than all the courts. — God in Nature. 

A true and cheerful merriment in sickness does more 
than all medicines ; it tones up the body for work, the mind 
to think and the spirit to shout. — God in Nature. 

There is nothing on earth as good as an inward feeling 
of happiness ; it is a sure index that you are on the true road 
to heaven. — God in Nature. 

Looking too far ahead is not always the best. You 
may look so far that the object may stand in the dim, misty 
beyond so darkly that you may mistake it for a ghost. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



Country boys from twelve to eighteen go through an 
age that is very hard to explain. It reminds one more of a 
roller .coaster than of a flowery bed of ease. — God in Nature. 

The grandeur and glitter of the glaciers are highly ad- 
mired, but they are not adapted for a crop of corn. Even so 
in men who are admired for their glitter, but not for their 
deep mental crop. — God in Nature. 

There is more danger of having your manners too fine 
than not hne enough. It is more hurtful to grind flour too 
fine than not fine enough. — God in Nature. 

Good manners consist in making your neighbor feel the 
very best in all things. — God in Nature. 

When the Labrador fisherman is converted to Christi- 
anity he quits fishing on Sunday, which is not the case in 
our home Christians. — God in Nature. 

Punctuation marks are like a fence around your prop- 
erty. Often more of a nuisance than a benefit. — God in Na- 
ture. 

Whiile in our physical life the earth is our home, hence 
the study of geography should be one of the leading 
branches. — God in Nature. 

If a man wants to be happy and up-to-date he must 
have a little more to do than he can accomplish, then the evil 
one will not have a chance to get his nose in. — God in Na- 
ture. 

Charles Dickens claimed his great talent and success 
from walking. Walk and be a Dickens of some kind, and 
don't let the blue devils chase you all the time. Walk away 
from them. — God in Nature. 

The frst art we learn is the art to walk, which is the 
most conducive to health of any of our planet. It is the 
balm that is sovereign for every wounded breast. — God in 
Nature. 

Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds for happiness. — 
Gt>d in Nature. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



Head lights are guides to the mariners. God is the 
head light to man. — God in Nature. 

Straight eye brows denotes determination and will 
power. — God in Nature. 

The man Avho is qualified to govern himself is the most 
lordly gentleman. — God in Nature. 

An evenly organized man's success depends on the con- 
dition of his stomach, more than the marks on his diploma. 
A continual bad stomach will make a failure. — God in Na- 
ture. 

Mosquitoes carry malarious germs in favor of disease to 
let people know that they are the ruling power. Whiskey 
carries m.n'iarial germs to let them know that it is the ruling 
power. — God in Nature. 

It is the v/ise men who make opportunities to those 
whose minds have not been so prolific, hence the great Wheel 
of progress rolls on. — God in Nature. 

One profane word is an index that you lack moral cul- 
ture. — God in Nature. 

Man has all the animal instincts : also blessed with th'^ 
spiritual and reasoning faculties. — God in Nature. 

Maxims develop the mind to love variety ; it is the 
spice of life.- -God in Nature. 

MincirJs appeared first, then vegetables, then animals, 
then man. — God in Nature. 

Though a man's natural abilities may be excellent 
Vv^ithout learning, he will not rise liigh. It is learning that 
puts the rounds in the ladder, it is not saying that he must 
get his learning inside the doors of a college. — God in Na- 
ture. 

A strong broad face carries the index of a good finan- 
cier, sound judgment. — God in Nature. 

Mental power cannot be gotten from ill fed brains. — 
God in Nature. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



We should teach our children all the steps tending to 
a higher humanity, so as to develop the fullest degree ol 
happiness. — God in Nature. 

The law of central gravity should be taught in all 
schools, so as to impart knowledge on the happy medium 
(Plumbline) for happiness. — God in Nature. 

We read in the book of Amos the Prophet, that his 
greatest concern was the plumbline (happy medium) ; for 
man's happiness. — God in Nature. 

Job's greatest concern was if a man die shall he live 
again ; God in creation, all for the happiness of man. 

All men have different organizations and have minds 
corresponding, hence the study of this grand mental pan- 
oramic philosophy ; how Godlike and sublime for man's hap- 
piness. — God in Nature. 

Any clothing preventing the free circulation of the 
fluids is inviting disease and causing unhappiness. — God in 
Nature. 

When all the mental organs work harmoniously to- 
gether, they develop a panorama that is marvelously di- 
vine ; all for man's happiness. — God in Nature. 

Man is the only creature that walks perfectly erect ; 
hence a violation from this posture is detrimental to happi- 
ness. — God in Nature. 

E3^es dim, hearing gone, touch, taste and smell depicted, 
body bent, steps short, pulse feeble, angelic music, light, 
doors closed, at home. — God in Nature. 

If we destroy by eating, drinking and overwork, any 

organs of the body, wc commit a sin, of a henious character ; 
God in Nature, for man's happiness. 

To keep your teeth healthy and clean, is a sublime or- 
nament for beauty and health; God in Nature, for man's 
happiness. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



No man can write Golden Gems unless his mind is hov- 
.cring between earth and heaven half and half. Unless this 
is the case, he is a failure. Too much of heaven or too much 
of earth will kill his version. — God in Nature. 

Nature is the school-master ; God employs her to ed- 
ucate her children. — God in Nature. 

After a girl is past her thirtieth birthday she is old 
enough to marry a widower. 

God and all the holy angels are on the man's side who 
trusts in the I.ord and does as nearly right as he can. On 
the other hand Satan and all his satanic hosts are on the 
side of the man who opposes God in His works. — ^God in 
Nature. 

Prayer stands in touch with the hand that moves the 
tmiverse — God. 

Joining church, and letting your fire policy run out, 
thinking that God is now on your side. Beware ! oh, hypo- 
crite! watch and pray is a Bible injunction. — God in Nature. 

Because silence is golden should not immortalize the 
maxim, vvhen it covers the most henious villainy ; even it 
had its comm.encement in the Garden of Eden ; it puts shame 
on truth and kills the safety of the Nation. 

All impurities are exemplified by the gas and froth they 
emit ; they are the devil's teeth ; profanity, a drunk, and im- 
pure water belong to this class. 

Gas is one of the great factors in ^a man's body for 
health and happiness. Playing the same philosophy in this 
earth and holds its place in the evolution of the universe. 

The rainbow represents God in all His glory; quietly 
He exhibits to His terrestial inhabitants the blending of col- 
ors in celestial space. — God in Nature. 

In some respects the gulf stream is like a country boy 
driving cows ; at certain places he nms fast, like the gulf 
stream — it runs 51 miles an hour, then again one mile. 
God's works are not equalized in anything. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



The remembrance of the Sabbath is the best barometer 
touching the grades of civiHzation on earth; also proves that 
it is a divine institution. When properly observed the civ- 
iHzation is high and when not observed the civiHzation is 
low. Ail for the happiness of man. — God in Nature. 

When we sec a childl's thoughts observel in a doU, oh, 
her sweet contentment. What a charming picture ! God in 
Nature, all for happiness. 

Though ?.\l things may appear smooth, there is at a dis- 
tance a fly in the honey, for man's happiness. — God in Na- 
ture. 

Make use of your talents. God wants you to be a suc- 
cess, for happiness. — God in Nature. 

Love in all things stands pre-eminent. It adds all the 
God-qualities for happiness. — God in Nature. 

To a great extent we owe our happiness and success to 
the mistakes and failures we make in life. — God in Nature. 

Intelligent greetings should be taught in every school, 
this being an accomplishment for happiness. — God in Na- 
ture. 

Kindness and sweetness are qualities young people 
should cultivate for happiness. — God in Nature. 

A nirin's greatness is exhibited by his being a master 
in difficulties, for happiness. — God in Nature. 

There are many kinds of kisses, the baby kiss, the 
parental kiss, the friendship kiss, the betrayer's kiss, the 
lover's kiss and the throwing kiss, all at the right time and 
place for the happiness of man. — God in Nature. 

The Creator placed loving qualities in the human fam- 
ily for die highest happiness and the individual who has this 
faculty under proper restraint is happy. — God in Nature. 

If ail the mental faculties are working harmoniously to- 
gether, it develops a panoramic happiness which is marvel- 
ous. — God in Nature. 



GOD IN NATURE. 

The countenance is the index to the mind, the same as 
the bark is the index to the fruit of the tree; God in Na- 
ture, for man's happiness. 

Electricity is like the spirit of God, we can't see elec- 
tricity, but it is strong enougli (in the twinkling of an eye) 
to split the great oak ; God in Nature, for man's happiness. 

In solar space, attraction and repulsion are at an equi- 
posc, hence harmony in nature pervades (happy medium) ; 
God in Nature, for man's happiness. 

The mind of God is the creative power of all things, 
and stands in touch with all things, and is all in all ; God 
in Nature, for man's happiness. 

The mind of God carries the destroying elements, the 
same as the . creative, if one part has answered its mission, 
a new one sprouts, to rebuild, hence the transforming goes 
on all the time ; God in Nature, for man's happiness. 

A man's humanity is immensely improved by being in- 
troduced into the company of an intelligent lady, in any mis- 
sion of life ; God in Nature, for man's happiness. 

All living creation loves and fights for their homes, God 
in Nature for perpetuation and happiness. 

Old age instinctly prunes out the follies of youth and 
very often adds new ones which are much worse than the 
follies of youth, which require a sharper prunlng-knife to 
keep them under subjection ; God in Nature, for man's hap- 
piness. » 

If we develop abilities God will provide opportunities 

to use tiiem for our happiness. — God in Nature. 

We must be kind and obliging to every one equally if 
we want to obey God and be happy. 

There are no amusements that carry a higher degree of 
happiness th^n to beautify our homes. — God in Nature. 

If you add too many adjectives, you weaken youf ar- 
gument on the topic ; If you add too many pills you weakcH 
your stomach ; God In Nature for happiness. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



Lumber would 'be of little value if it were not for the 
sawmill ; even so with the horse — ^^he would be of little value 
if it were not for the law of man. The law of correspond- 
ence is so grand and great that all creation has a place to fill 
to develop a useful purpose, and in its use brings happiness. 

All machinery and all the operations of creation devel- 
op vibrations which make noise — music — to accommodate 
the environs, also giving to man knowledge how to govern 
them. 

The more l^eauty we can see in the natural laws, the 
more we are like God and in harmony with happiness. 

A good home and heaven are twins. Make home beau- 
tiful, like heaven, then you are like God and in harmony. 

If we get drunk and abuse our family and make home 
like hell, we are fighting heaven's greatest laws, which are 
for happiness. 

If we keep our mouth full of tobacco and filth and dis- 
ease, we destroy nature's laws in favor of happiness. 

The fruits of temperance are patience, prosperity and 
happiness ; the fruits of intemperance are wretchedness, pov- 
erty and unhappiness. — God in Nature. 

In surveying land we want a point of beginning, hence 
in the beginning of creation there was a point of beginning 
which was the great God Head in all nature's creation; all 
for the happiness of man. — God in Nature. 

The Sabbath day emanates directly from the hand of 
<he Creator ; all for the happiness and higher civilization in 
the human family. — God in Nature. 

The rem.cmbrance of the Sabbath is the best barometer 
touching the grades of civilization on earth, also proves 
that it is a divine institution, when properly observed the 
civilization is high and when not observed the civilization 
is low ; all for the happiness of man. — ^God in Nature. 

Volcanoes are vents in tlie crust of the earth for gas 
to escape and thereby prevent disastrous earthquakes ; for 
Ihe happiness of man. — God in Nature. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



It is said that the voice from graveyard ghosts is cold 
and chilHng in the extreme, while the happy, sweet and joy- 
ful voices of children are angelic and heavenly. 

The talents we have are those we have to answer for. 
God does not require us to make brick out of inferior clay, 
that are supposed to stand the highest, but He expects us 
to do our best. 

In many cases having the opportunity of doing good is 
a reward of a high calling. — God in Nature. 

A noted Bible scholar is an index to an ignorance on 
other things. You cannot serve two masters at the same 
time. 

Nations and individuals in high life are sure to get in- 
to a low life, and those in low life are sure to elevate into 
high life ; the v/aves go up and down. Such is the hand of 
God in Nature. 

God's patience in the primitive history of the earth 
was great in the creation of coal and gas and oil, waiting 
millions of years for maturity until it was fit for man to add 
comfort and pleasure. — God in Nature. 

To make a good-for-nothing out of a boy, place him 
with a rich uncle an.d you are sure to have a baby, a noodle 
of a man. 

Animals have no organs that develop a disposition to a 
life on the Jthcr side of death, hence the present is their 
heaven. Man wants to live on the other side of the grave. 

The only vv^ay to have a sweet face is to act sweetly 
to everyone and in a short time nature will bestow you with 
a sweet face. — God in Nature. 

The creation of a forest may depend on one acorn ; the 
creation of a nation may depend on one man, as it did in 
the case of Jacob in the creation of the Israelites. — God in 
Nature. 

The worst foe the human family has to contend with is 
anger. It destroys all good pleasure and happiness. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



A pitchfork with one prong is good to kill a cross clog ;■ 
a man with one talent is good to play the fiddle. — God in 
Nature. 

Yon can't learn to ride a bicycle by schooling. You 
need practice, you must call on the laws of central gravity — 
God in Nature for man's happiness. 

A man's humanity is immensely improved by being in- 
troduced into the company of an intelligent lady in any mis- 
sion of life. — God in Nature for man's happiness. 

One great blessing about people who are worrying all 
the tim.e and annoying, is that they die premature annd let 
the laughing stock have a good old time. — God in Nature. 

The man who is cheerful day after day without effort 
is a rich and happy man. — God in Nature. 

Every time you rewrite a manuscript to Improve it yoir 
are sure to mcikc it worse. You inject too much of the me- 
chanical. — God in Nature. 

The mariner's compass is the greatest factor to man- 
age the powers that are placed on the waters; all for the 
happiness of man. — God in Nature. 

You v/ill never attain a high position and hold it with 
an unsubdued temper. 

A dark day in political life is when you arc out of the 
woods and a dark horse runs out into the political field hav- 
ing chances brighter than yours. Then a double darkness 
comes over you and the voice of the mocking bird is dole- 
ful.— God in Nature. 

Nearly all politicians before elected into office, work 
over time ; but as soon as they are elected they work imder 
time and know very few who voted for them at the election. 
— God in Nature. 

Pluck cuts a cleaner swath in life than the sword. Its 
greatest diploma is in favor of killing the largest number. 
Pluck is in tavor if the greatest acreage of wild land von 
plalced in good farming plots.— God in Nature. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



You often hear people say: "If I was young again I 
would do so and so." With the same passions and desires 
you would do the same thing, but likely much worse. — God 
in Nature. 

When youth loses courage it loses the best part of its 
capital. 

A pretty young lady shows her beauty more clearly in 
a plain dress than in the finest silks to captivate a good man. 
— God in Nature. 

If it was not for hope not a grain of seed would be 
planted. It is hope that keeps us alive, moving and going, 
day after day ; and when life is done the Heavenly hope is 
the great seal. — God in Nature. 

If you want to reach Heaven make home like Heaven. 
This is a wise provision for happiness on earth and in 
Heaven. — God in Nature. 

By their fidgity and fussing some women are as unhap- 
py as a fish out of water, making their presence a state of 
perfect misery. — God in Nature. 

There is never an hour so sad as the one that has no 
laugh in it. — God in Nature. 

Like the stream of boiling lava rushing down the moun- 
tain in its flood tide sweeping everything before it, the flood 
tide in great nien, when the boom is on, sweeps everything 
before them. — God in Nature. 

The prosperity and popularity of the wicked has a short 
life, but not so with the righteous. Prosperity and long life 
is their promise. 

The waves purify the waters ; troubles are the waves of 
l?fe, they purify our lives. — God in Nature. 

Luck in life don't amount to half as much as pluck. — 
God m Nature. 

The falling of a large oak leaves a large hole for an- 
othei to grow. A rich man dies and leaves a fortime for 
others to grow on. — God in Nature. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



It is extremely easy to be kind to our friends, to be kind 
to our enemies is patriotic. — God in Nature. 

Bv their fruits we shall know them is a never dying 
verdict throughout the constitutionality of all human and 
rinimal creation. — God in Nature. 

God's all-seing eye and His omnipotent hand is exem- 
plified in the least insect. He sees to their wants as much 
as to the great elephant and great bear. — God in Nature. 

Every one should imitate Jesus with a certain- line of 
fiOwers. He made the lily of the valley his leader. It gives 
your spiritual mind points. — God in Nature. 

God, like a good father, will grant you a good blessing 
li you ask him in honest humility, but if you don't ask Him 
He may overlook you or push you into the waste basket, to 
be burned- — God in Nature. 

The prayers that we offer are for the express purpose to 
put us in the right attitude with God and develop a closer 
relationship with our Savior. — God in Nature. 

What ''s called death is only a prelude to a life of nobler 
beauties like the Jewish Passover into the land of celestial 
promise. — God in Nature. 

After doing a bad deed God's vengeance may not be 
immediate, but the retributer is sure to come, and more 
likely at a time we don't want him. — God in Nature. 

Be not over-nice in pruning your vines too close the 
stem you might injure the vitality of the vine. Be not over- 
nice with your superiors ; you might injure the vitality of the 
superior. — God in Nature. 

If we do much good God and prosperity will be with us. 
If we do much bad the devil and much bad luck will be 
with us. — God in Nature. 

Youth is like a garden not planted. You plant good 
seeds and you will have good results ; the same in children, 
plant good thoughts and you will have good actions. — God 
in Nature. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



The best way to keep live stock healthy is to keep them 
well fed. The same holds good in the organs of your body ; 
when well fed there is little danger of pain and sickness. 

Writing gems is a passtime that, through all ages, has 
belonged to the philosophical minds, like picking up gold 
nuggets that lay in the crevices. Both live through all ages, 
growing brighter as times rolls along. All for happiness. 

When the elements of the component parts of dyna- 
mite are separate they are harmless, but when placed in 
proper proportion in a com^pact body then they become very 
dangerous. vSo in the aggregation of people — when sepa- 
rate they are harmless, but placed in a comipact body they 
are very dangerous. 

The pulse of nature is the Sabbath day. Wherever it is 
observed all things are normal, and where is it not ob- 
served all things arc abnormal, and need more spiritual 
food. For happiness. — God in Nature. 

The higher the intelligence the less people can see God 
in nature. They w^mt to gain happiness through scientific 
reason, which can't be done. All for the happiness of man. 
■ — God in Nature. 

The mind of God is the creative power of all things, 
and stands in touch v/ith all things, and is, all in ah, God 
in Nature ; all for man's happiness. 

Children arc like tender plants that* need much prun- 
ing to develop a prolyific growth mentally and physically. 
God in nature, all for happiness. 

A crack in a bell is the same as a bad act. The crack de- 
stro}S the jingle of the bell; the bad act destroys the jingle 
of your life. All to teach happiness. — God in Nature. 

Scatter flowers of cheerfulness wherever you go, God 
will be with you and your life will be long and happy. — God 
in Nature. 

In every part of God's creation we find the index point- 
ing in plain language to perpetuation and happiness. — God 
in Nature. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



There are men born to be a natural boss, the same as 
those to work under a boss. 

Any work of necessity delayed, stales and is either killed 
or naturalized to an extent that it will be a dead issue. 

To enjoy ease and prosperity is the hardest thing on 
earth to do and not be tarnished and smirched. 

Women locate drinking fountains at the street corners. 
Men locate saloons ; the water makes gentlem^en ; the whis- 
key makes brutes. — God in Nature. 

A true Christia.n likeness is the greatest winner in all 
humanity. 

A desirable site for town will not develop as fast as one 
more undesirable. — God in Nature. 

When you go up hill it takes little to stop you, but when 
you go down it takes a strong lever to hold you up. — God in, 
Nature. 

The public school holds the greatest influence of char- 
actei of any medium on earth. 

The book on Happiness is written for the express pur- 
pose to develop a greater amount of pleasure among all 
classes — high, low, rich and poor, black or white, to encour- 
age ra-cin in the wilderness of an eventful life into a happy 
one. — God in Nature. 

When your mind is good enough to cover all defects 
and add a degree of liarmony to your general character you 
are not insane ; it is the breaking loose of any mental or- 
gans and running vv^ild that is term.ed insanity. — God in Na- 
ture. 

In classifying your metal, leave a large space for the 
Holy Spirit, so that you can entertain Him, and, if possible, 
have IJim remain with all your life. He will give you 
pointers to the home on the other side of Jordan. 

Shoes, Hke religion, should fit so evenly and nicely that 
you hardly know that you have them on ; then both will 
wear well and make you feel happy and contented. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



The ocean currents are miglity in their power, but so 
ver>' quid is the voice of God in the waters; God rules qui- 
etly all for the happiness of man. 

In proportion that love gets thinner, in the same pro- 
portion faults get thicker until at last it runs out ; then look 
out for unhappiness. 

In the wilds of Central Africa we find people so low 
and wild that they are too ignorant to build any kind of a 
house — they have nests like animals ; their mcutal organiza- 
tions are so low tliat they enjoy themselves as well as the 
king in his palace ; all for the happiness of man. 

If all the people, trees, rocks and all things would be 
straight and perfect it would be the biggest curse that could 
befall a world ; if it was so the earth would need no school- 
ing, all would be perfect ; no work to make crooked places 
straight; hence for the happiness of man we have to work. 

The wild man of the forest studied the great laws of 
nature and introduced astrology ; by and by the astronomer 
comes into the field ; now we tell the coming of the eclipse 
to the minute; all these great steps are calculated for a 
higher happiness to man. 

When we plant many different varieties of vegetables 
in the same field they grow much more»prolific than by 
planting only one kind, or to have them neatly classified, 
showing that God wants variety in all creations for hap- 
piness. 

If you marry into different blood you do well by this 
philosophy — you multiply and replenish the earth faster 
than by marrying into tiie same blood ; God is on the side of 
the strong and healthy people ; all for happiness. 

Ink in human economy seems a small factor, but in 
the scale of progress it stands as one of the foremost; all 
for the happiness of man. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



A crack in a bell is the same as a bad act, the crack 
destroys the jingle of the bell, the bad act destroys the jing^le 
of your life ; all to teach happiness. — God in Nature. 

Tell me the attitude of a church' on the saloon ques- 
tion, I will tell you the amount of spirituality the church has. 
God in Nature, all for the happiness of man. 

The Creator is not less because He is invisible to man ; 
all for the happiness of man. — ^God in Nature. 

If colleges would teach more of the true love of God, 
and not so much love of the dead languages, it would be 
better for the happiness of humanity. — God in Nature. 

Tlie mariner's compass is the greatest factor to manage 
the powers that are placed on the waters ; all for the happi- 
ness of man. — God in Nature. 

The man who is cheerful day after day without effort, 
is a rich and happy man. — God in Nature. 

You can't learn to ride a bicycle by schooling, you need 
practice, you must call on the laws of central gravity; God 
in Nature, for man's happiness. 

When you see a child's thoughts absorbed in a doll, 
oh, see the contentment ; what a charming picture ; God in 
Nature, all for happiness. 

All creatures as soon as born into existence, by instinct, 
are taught to give the sign and cry of distress ; God in Na- 
ture, for happiness. 

Young chickens never learn to swim ; young ducks, by 
instinct, learn to swim; God in Nature, for animal happi- 
ness. 

A sweet command carries the voice of love, which is 
the voice of God, and is much more powerful than the voice 
of the devil, which is harsh ; God in Nature, for man's hap- 
piness. 

Like the works of the Creator, electricity is fathom- 
less ; God in Nature, for man's happiness. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



It is a great blessing to be born poor, inasmuch as you 
hold in your possession the spirit of ambition to get rich, 
which is the greatest blessing on earth. — God in Nature. 

The greatest incentive to peace and happiness is to 
make home beautiful in all phases. — God in Nature. 

When you have a job of work and you can do it your- 
self, do it. It affords you a peculiar happiness and peace 
which no other medium can produce. — God in Nature. 

Love is the greatest incentive to make home lovely and 
happy. Everything else contains back numbers. 

We can't change the laws of nature. All we can do is 
to learn and obey them and be happy. — God in Nature. 

Every man can learn something from his neighbor, no 
difference how ignorant or illiterate he is.~God in Nature. 

Any organ of tlie body or mind being overworked, is 
mflamed, abnormal, insane, crazy. — God in Nature. 

Finding faults of others and overlooking our own short 
comings, should be banished from our sight. No true gen- 
tleman does it. — God in Nature. 

Na.tural history explains the laws of nature, which are 
the laws of God and are adapted for schools. Man's history 
is about wars and great men and other topics.-^God in Na- 
ture. 

Water is purified by running over many rocks. People 
are puriiicd by running through manv troubles. — God in 
Nature. ^ ' * 

No difference what our neighbor thinks or says when 
we do the right thing and put our trust in God, we are happy 
under all circumstances. 

Every element in nature is endowed with an instinct in 
favor of Felf protection, should it be found in the human, 
animal, vegetable or mineral. — God in Nature. 

An engine without steam is like a man without the 
spirit of God at prayer meeting. — God in Nature. 



GOD IN NATURE. 

Groveling- in the wilderness of sin and misery, then 
being- converted to the vSpirit of Light. Oh, what a trans- 
formation ! body, mind and soul resurrected. — God in Na- 
ture. 

There are fewer weaklings among- the Scotch than any 
other nation on earth; hence they hold a superiority over all 
others in natural, mental and physical qualification. 

In the pages of romance we read thrilling accounts of 
noted heroes ; the same in the pages of the Bible. We read 
of mental and physical heroes and giants ; these were the 
ones who suppressed wickedness in high places. — God in 
Nature. 

Facts are the finger of God pointing to great results 
and should be the counsellor and guide in all the phases of 
our earthly pilgrimage. — God in Nature. 

The Sunday School teacher remarked to his class that 
the nearer we are to God in all out attributes the nearer we 
are right and the more happy we are. — God in Nature. 

Reading novels and taking patent medicine daily forms 
a demencia that borders on a phase of insanity, the same as 
the habit of drinking alcoholic beverages. — God in Nature. 

All hatred and anger comes from the lower one ; all the 
joys and Jove come from the upper One — God. We should 
ask the question, "Which is our leader — the upper or the 
lower one ?" 

Ry the light and warmth of the sun the tropical creat- 
ures that hibernate are transformed from their torpid state 
into the light of day; they sing and are happy; so with the 
sinner — when called out of his torpid state into the mar- 
velous light of the living God, he sings and is gloriously 
happy. 

Tbe Creator placed an inate healing property in every 
part of His works, so that the sick parts are restored to de- 
velop the fullest happiness. — God in Nature. 

All living creation loves and fights for their homes. — 
God in Nature, for perpetuation and happiness. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



The mind is adapted to run out ; hence retrog^ression of 
the mind develops stagnation, producing all manner of filthy 
and insane thoughts, very objectionable to health and hap- 
piness. — God in Nature. 

Children are like tender plants that need much pruning^ 
to develop a prolific growth, mentally and physically; God 
in Nature ; all for happiness. 

Our environs have more to do, to make angels or dev- 
ils, than all else combined ; God in Nature ; for our happi- 
ness. 

God is opposed to great fortunes ; where great minds 
are wanted they never are found in the same room; God in 
Nature for the happiness of humanity. 

Place an Indian child in a white family and the white- 
ness and brightness will be immensely increased; God in 
Nature, for man's happiness. 

Be not over-nice in pruning your vines, you might in- 
jure their vitality; be not over-nice with your superiors, you 
might injure their solidity. — God in Nature. 

The same elements that constitute fire are the same over 
the whole universe ; the same atmosphere develops the same 
creatures, man included ; the hand of God writes the same 
copy every day and everywhere for man's happiness. 

Female suffrage is right: it develops patriotism to un- 
born posterity ; God in Nature ; all for the happiness of man. 

Many parts of creation have gone over into the long 
night of oblivion ; all for the happiness of man. — God in 
Nature. 

The morning sun comes into the door laughing, the 
evening shade goes out gloomy; teach your children the 
voice of the morning sun (laughing) ; all for happiness. — 
God in Nature. 

Brutes do not blush; the man who blushes the most 
frequently is the most human ; all for happiness. — God in: 
Nature. 



GOD IN NATURE. 

Tlie kittens from a wiU.lcat are wildcats. The training of 
a boy has much to do in the happiness of his after Hfe, but 
rot as much as his parentage. — God in Nature. 

Knowledge is to the mind what health' is to the body. 
For happiness. — God in Nature. 

A house is not finished without a porch, a man is not 
dressed without a becoming hat. — God in Nature. 

Doctors maintain that disease is the greatest blessing to 
man. It teaches circumspection and opens the way to death, 
and the greatest teacher to the way of Heaven. — God in Na- 
ture. • 

The curriculum should not be too elaborate in our 
schools from the fact that it makes the held too large for 
proper cultivation, which is pernicious in all phases.— Gcfcl 
in Natuie. 

The great varieties of coal, the same as wood, are all 
adapted to accommodate the human family in all their var- 
ious phases. All for the happiness of man. — God in Nature. 

You can make any impression on white paper. The 
same fact holds good in small children. You can make any 
iiupression you desire on their white minds. — God in Nature. 

There is stratco-y in eluding a foe whose strength is 
superior to ours. This is a rule that holds good not only 
in one thing, but in all. — God in Nature. 

If you accept favors do not fail to return favors when 
an opportunity ctTtrrs. 

What is a large fortune good for if we can't buy con- 
tentment and happiness? 

The worst tempers can be transformed by the grace of 
God into a beautiful manly character. — God in Nature. 

Failures establish this: That our determination to suc- 
ceed was not strong enough. — God in Nature. 

A single mosc[uito bite may give a strong man yellow 
fever. A single sup of whiskey may give a man the blues. 



GOD IN NATURE, 



Nature does more to make orators, musicians, me- 
chanics and financiers than college education. — God in Na- 
ture. 

When all the mental faculties work harmoniously they 
develop a Divinely panoramic sweetness that blends with 
the celestial happiness. — God in Nature. 

Every one should get married when ripe. Their tem- 
perament should represent a difference of one-seventh. Trust 
to God and be at the head of a large and representative 
family and be happy. — God in Nature. 

Children representing mental temperaments should not 
be sent to school until they are eight years old, and then if 
they are the least sickly, keep them out of school until com- 
pletely well. — God in Nature. 

If possible marry into different blood from your own 
country. The laws of nature call for this philosophy in all 
creation. — God in Nature. 

A family ruled by love is a sure index that God rules 
the home. The family ruled by hatred is a sure index that 
Satan rules the home. — God in Nature. 

The organ of mirth carries an individual set of nerves. 
Hence mirth should be taught as a branch in school. It 
lightens the crosses of life. It is the oil to the vital or- 
gans. It keeps the rust off the wheels ^and makes life's 
journey sweet. — God in Nature. 

Love is the sunshine that warms life and makes it 
worth living. Cultivate love. — God in Nature. 

The room that is best adapted for a deep-down, w'hole- 
souled laugh is the one to select for your living room to 
hold your family together. — God in Nature. 

Love of music is an inate nature and desire in all crea- 
tion, human and animal. — God in Nature. 

What good is a large fortune when we can't take part 
of it and buv contentment and happiness. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



If you know you are right and the cause is right, main- 
tain >x>ur right irrespective of the opinion of others. — God in 
Nature. 

The old-school doctors with their saddlebags filled with 
calomel and castor oil ; also their canthook tooth puller, 
riding over the country whistling and doing good. But now 
he looks at you, writes a few words in Latin, $i.oo; you fly 
to the drug store, another dollar. Second dynasty. 

While you dream reason is dethroned and the mental 
organs run at random, hence the wildness, no system or 
order. The same philosophy in insanity.— God in Nature. 

The darkest shadow to a woman is a drunken husband 
standing at the door steps wanting in the house, and the 
darkest shadows to a man is his own bad conduct. 

School directors have no right to expel a bad boy and 
encourage him on the road to all manner of badness. They 
have a right to see that the teacher is all right to manage 
bad boys. The fault is more frequent in the teacher than in 
the boy. — God in Nature. 

The old m.axim, throw a physic to the dogs.: but the 
dogs have too njuch good sense to touch it, in that they 
show more reason than many people, as they are always tak- 
ing patent medicines, to the detriment of their health. 

It IS the soft spots that the devil selects to make inroads 
into our earthly castle and when inside he is sure to find 
more soft spots and by and by he controls the whole nature 
and the person is doomed to perdition. — God in Nature. 

The family that does not laugh is full of dyspepsia, re- 
ligion, insanity, punctual in church going, and notoriously 
cranky in small matters. — God in Nature. 

In ihe last struggles of death, riches and education do 
not amount to anything more in the scale of happiness than 
decayed woofl in the wildest forest. — God in Nature. 

To young men there are two diseases that are about 
equally dangerous, the large brain and the girl on the brain. 
Both belong to the contagious class. — God in Nature. 



GOD IN NATURE. 

Man' is a Ihiiikint^- being*. All we can do is to direct our 
thoughts in the right way. — God in Nature. ' 

The salvation of the herd on the great plains depends on 
the cowboy, the salvation of .the family depends on man. — 
,God in Nature. ^ , I 

In. the sight of the Creator the creation of one human 
being is as miraculous as the entire race. — God in Nature. 

: , Touching business and pleasure, put in the same box, 
always results in the loss of the combination key to open the 
box, and the mixttu'c will mould and sour before the key 
is found.— Go'l in Nature. , 

The ruling passions are set by nature as the inate pow- 
er is stamped on the acorn to produce an oak tree. — God in 
Nature. 

Music is nothing more or less than wild, uncultivated 
sounds. Cultivated and civilized in time and tone is the 
same as we civilize the wild forests. — God in Nature. 

Don't cry over spilt nrilk, save the bucket for the next 
time. — God in Nature. 

In her own estimation there is not a maiden lady in the 
land who is not better qualified to manage the family than 
the mother. — God in Nature. 

Enthusiasm is the mother of greatness. — God in Na- 
ture. 

Icebergs ^re quietly moving to the ocean, man is quiet- 
ly moving to the ocenn, by and by they break oft" and are lost 
in the field of oblivion. — God in Nature. 

The man v/ho is seeking all the time^ praise, at last will 
turn up a vagabond and a good for nothing. — God in Na- 
ture. 

Washington could not tell a lie. Many smarties are 
ahead of V/ashington in this respect, thev can tell a lie and 
tell another to prove that the lie they told was a truth, 
making them about three grades smarter than Washington. 
— God in Nature. 



GOD IN NATURE, 



The mind of God and man work in unison by instinct 
(which is the liand of God) to accommodate the environs, 
by and by they meet and stand on the same platform ; God 
in Natnre and Creation. 

God is all in all : Man is an epitome of the mind of God^ 
and if he does His command in nature he will grow daily 
more like God ; all for man's happiness. 

One bushel of acorns may represent a great forest; 
one family may represent the progenitor of a great nation. 
— ^God in Nature. 

We applaud the great men of the past and never men- 
tion the coming great men, hence the morning of ambi- 
tion is lost when we hear all the time of the afternoon of 
yellow decadence. — God in Nature. 

The child beholding the smile in the doll's face reacts 
upon her tender mind and develops an imprint that may 
live through future generations ; hence the doll may be a 
great teacher : God in Nature for happiness. 

A touch from the hand of the business upon his com- 
munity is a send-ofi' ; the same as the minister's touch on 
the head of n school-boy, it is a send-ofif to the boy ; God in 
Nature for happiness. 

The true test of the soldier is his behavior in battle 
line; the true test of a gentleman, how he came out of the 
den of temptation. — Gocl in Nature. 

Domg right regardless of all surroundings is a greater 
accomplishment in favor of a good diploma than can be 
produced from the best college. — God in Nature. 

Winding up the hillside into the portals of fame with- 
out slipping in the path of rectitude command a premium 
of much value. 

It is the Christian zeal on the part of the woman that 
keeps the fire burning on the hearth of the church in: all the 
different functions. — God in Nature. 



GOD IN NATURE. 

There are 365 days or pages in eacli year. Each day 
we turn a leaf until the great book of the year is closed in 
the review. What can we say touching the coming year? 
Will we try to make our sailing a mark higher? — God in Na- 
ture. 

Tlie mental deterioration of old alcoholics is so well 
known to every physician in their daily practice that it 
makes it extremely strange that so many good doctors are 
such a'bominahle drunkards. — God in Nature. 

Dreams are a combination of nonsense, not reason. 
Aladen's lamp a good sample. Nightmare, delusions, mix- 
ture of insanity, happiness and wretchedness mixed, life 
and death, heaven and hell, all in one minute. God rules. — 
God in Nature. 

It is cowardly to speak ill of the dead, from the fact 
that it don't give them a square deal in defending their 
rights. In this respect they have many notorious lies piled 
on them, by unpatriotic humanity. — God in Nature. 

The fundamental doctrine to. all different denomina- 
tions is to center on Christ as the bulwark to develop a wall 
strong enough to hold Satan in check. 

To be at the head of a great dynasty has more honor 
<nd importance than to be president of the U. S. Boys, 
get married and be at the head of a dynasty. Should it only 
De a bawling boy baby, one can't tell, he might be an Ab- 
raham, Ishmael or Moses. 

Headache stands at the head of the castle, dictating to 
all parts of the body. Oh, how willing it is to assist the 
abnormal organs.— God in Nature. 

Being thoroughly posted on the Nebular Hypothesis is 
not going to improve your young wife in cooking a dump- 
ling or washing dishes. She also holds her head too high 
into the ins and outs of the baby. It don't prove that mar- 
riage is a failure. — God in Nature. 

In humanity the greatest beautifier and heart cleanser 
is native ouritv and character. — God in Nature. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



In tlie Bible ag"es when they wanted to transform a 
nation they wonld kill, irrespective men and women, even 
the cattle, rob and plunder the land and in its course plant 
a stronger nation for happiness. 

The alligator lies in the miry swamps of the Torrid 
waters quietly with his slimy mouth widely open to induce 
all manner of creatures to settle there, in order to get a good 
bite to swallow, day after day ; all for the lazy brute's hap- 
piness. 

In naming the constellations in the Zodiac, in the prim- 
eval ages it required much fine classifying, moreover, as as- 
tronomers in this enlightened age, imitate and say, astrolo- 
gy was the mother of astronomy, all for the happiness of 
man. 

If the aurora borealis would be mathematically classi- 
fied, the grandeur of the prismatic cintillations would be 
neutralized and the admired panoramic view would be de- 
stroyed — God in nature for the happiness of man. 

The archaeological ages demonstrate by the excavations 
(touching hieroglyphics) that for unknown ages the ad- 
vancement of man in arts and science has been and is ad- 
vancing into a higher grade of civilization, all for the hap- 
piness to man. 

The afternoon in all things passes faster than the fore- 
noon. Celerity gains as time rolls on, inferring from this 
criterion that the transition into the long shadows of the 
evening of time for man's happiness are approaching. 

[f it were not for our scoundrels Physiognomy (one of 
the grandest steps in learning) would be wiped away but 
their faces are reminders, for happiness. 

Not an uncommon thing for a white egg to hatch a 
black chick, rature is passive, the outside don't always rep- 
resent a true index to the inside, hence it requires learning 
to understand all her meanderings, giving much happiness. 
If God would classify every thing in nature there would be 
no romance in His work. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



A man with a sharp nose, sharp features and sharp 
teeth is sharp natured, a stub nose, stub features and stub 
teeth has a stubby nature, the same as a stub pen or a sharp 
pen; both shov/ their individual character. — God in Nature. 

Marriage is a lottery with more blanks than prizes. — 
God in Nature. 

No matter what you have to do, do it with all thy mig'ht 
and show yourself a man and not a weakling. — God in Na- 
ture. 

If your mind has no responsibilities it is likened to an 
empty mih hopper, the mill burs strike on each other, get 
hot and destroy the grit in a short time. — God in Nature. 

The meanest syndicate is the patent medicine. It con- 
tains a panacea for all the ills that human flesh is heir by 
the pills of hr.n-ybuggery. — God in Nature. 

Constant motion in machinery will keep it from rust- 
mg; constant m^otion in man keeps him from rusting and 
wearing out. — God in Nature. 

A man can keep another's secrets bettor than his own ; 
? woman can keep her own secrets better than another's. — 
God in Nature. 

The man who preaches and pra^/s against intemperance 
and upholds 285,000 rum shops (by voting) to make human 
brutes of decent men, is a hypocrite and not a patriot. — God 
in Nature. 

Rich mmds as well as rich soil needs cultivation, to 
make them useful. — God in Nature. 

It is the man who lives on corn bread at home, who 
finds the most fault with the pie when he travels. — God in 
Nature. 

,,>;... Men exist for the sake of one another. — God in Nature.' 

'"'Proportion the weight of a man in music to that of a lo- 
cust, and' yoU could hear him in Constantinople from Pitts- 
biltg'.^-Gbd in Nature. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



Man, being* half man and half angel, is lighting between 
earth and Heaven, the most unhappy of all creatures ; some- 
times mind dom.inates and at other times matter.— God in 
Nature. 

Men that are scooped into the church are not safe in 
the Kingdom. — God in Nature. 

As soon as a man is strong enough to look over the sec- 
tarian walls he has taken the first lesson in statesmanship ; 
as soon as he can look over the national walls then he is a 
rational benefactor. — God in Nature. 

Musicians are the earliest to mature, and the earliest to 
decline; next comes the poets. — God in Nature. 

Eig1ity-foi!r per cent, of the successful noted business 
men never had a college education. — God in Nature. 

Motion tends to bring matter into form ; the action of a 
man tends to keep him in proper forni. — God in Nature. 

We can't be blamed for making a mistake, but to re- 
peat the same mistake is where the blame comes in. — God in 
Nature. 

The sweetness of a mother's influence on the plastic 
heart of a young boy has saved millions from a life of ruin. 
— God in Nature. 

The wise man is a success in everything he undertakes. 
— God in Nature. 

All the passions that belong to man are good for his 
happiness if properly under control, and if not under con- 
trol they constitute all the devils that man has to fight, which 
8 re legions. — God in Nature. 

Looking deep in the millstone in all the affairs of life is 
a true assurance of success, and let moss backs take the 
goose bone sign as their guide. — God in Nature. 

A man who is so interested in his work that he is lost to 
dl surroundirgs, even time of day, is not lost on the tim.e- 
table of the pav-roll.^God in Nature. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



A strong- look will do more to put children into a sub- 
jective line of duty than all the whipping, scolding and 
dark rooms. God in governing humanity docs it quietly. — 
God in Nature. 

The grandest book in all creation is the book of nature, 
lifetime is not long enough to see and learn their great qual- 
ities, all for the happiness of man. — God in Mature. 

Every time you overcome a temptation you are one 
mark higher on the road to heaven, by and by vour sins are 
forgiven and your title is clear in the great book ; all for 
happiness. 

A chicken with three wings can't fly, a man with 
three millions can't fly. A chicken with two wings 
can fly into a haven of peace and plenty ; a man of three 
thousand dollars can fly into heaven in peace. 

The kingdom of God is gained by dying. Like a grain 
of corn, it m.ust be placed in the ground and die before it 
can sprout. You must die before you can become alive in 
the kingdom of God ; all for the glory and happiness of man. 

God created man in his own image so that man through 
his physical and spiritual body stands all the time in touch 
with the Creator of the Universe : all for man's happiness. 

Love is the drawing quality in man which unifies all 
m.in-kind for procreation ; all for the happiness of man. 

A sharp nose, sharp teeth, sharp features and sharp 
phrenological organs betoken a sharp mentality adapted for 
places where sharpness is required, all for the happiness of 
man. 

If you want to reach heaven make home like heaven. 
This is a v/ise provision for the happiness on earth and for 
heaven. 

Pain like a watchman standing on the watchtower 
ready to give the signal of danger to all parts of the body so 
as to give timely warning and also to our souls ; all for hap- 
piness. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



The only ghost which we have are young mothers who 
love to come home and visit the Httle children, especially 
little Nellie and the baby. — God in Nature. 

The older T get the more contented I grow. This is the 
golden expression of a well regulated life, — God in Nature. 

There are no amusements that carry a higher degree 
of happiness than to beautify our home. — God in Nature. 

Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds. 

Anger retards digestion, therefore one should cultivate 
cheerfulness. — God in Nature. 

Make use of your talents. God wants you to be a suc- 
cess. — God in Nature, 

Love in all things stands pre-eminent. It adds all to 
the God-qualities. — God in Nature. 

Resist the devil and he will flee from you. — God in 
Nature. 

To a great extent we owe our happiness and success to 
the mistakes and failures we make in life. — God in Nature. 

Intelligent greetings should be taught in every school, 
this being an accomplishment. 

Kindness and sweetness are qualities young people 
should cultivate. — God in Nature. 

One should eat three square meals a day. This adds 
much to long life, health and happiness. 

A man's greatness is exhibited by his being a master 
in difficulties. 

The man who does a kindness for others to accom- 
plish his own selfish ends, is a villain of the blackest type. — 
God in Nature. 

In proportion as a man's riches increase on earth, in the 
same proportion his happiness decreases, and the happiness 
for the celestial kingdom decreases. — God in Nature. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



The deepest fact in matrimony is the perpetuation of 
d noble humanity. — God in Nature. 

Theie is nothing- more loveable than a considerate man. 
— God in Nature. 

The youniir iTian that makes electricity his front study 
does well. — God in Nature. 

If you have deliberately made up your mind to follow 
cj certain vocation, be very careful not to be influenced by 
others to go into something else : it carries the same influ- 
ence as frequent moving. — God in Nature. 

If a rr\2in looks daggers at you without a cau.se. don't 
ask him what he is mad at. If you ask him you are sure 
to stir up trouble that may live for a time. — God in Nature. 

Great nicn find their opportunities great, small men find 
their opportunities small. Shakespeare and Lincoln had 
small opportunities, but by their actions made their oppor- 
tunities as great as the world is round. — God in Nature. 

A_s soon as a man attempts to do two things at a time, 
he is sure to be a failure in both. — God in Nature. 

It is right in every 3^oung m.an's life to be a total ab- 
stainer of alcoholic beverages. — God in Nature. 

Like marks on a slate are easily wiped away ; the same 
in mistakes in yonth, but when old it is impossible. — God in 
Nature. 

Music is the bitterest enemy the devil has. It removes 
sorrow and gioriir,^ prepares one to stand the viles and temp- 
tations. 

Music is the rainbow of promise what life is to be in 
the sweet by and by. — God in Nature. 

The more a man is like a man the more God works in 
nim. — God in Nature. 

In man we find all the animal instincts perfect, but in 
man we have also the reasoning and spiritual being, the 
crowning glory of all God's works. — God in Nature. 



GOD IN NATURE. 

A lady witli a fine ear for music is shocked by a false 
sound, a Christian is shocked by hearing a false sound — 
profanity. — God in Nature. 

A man may be very mean and be a law abiding 
citizen, he may be selfish, stingy, snarlish, cross to his 
family, meddlesome and very overbearing, a great disturber 
of the peace of the commimity. — God in Nature. 

Men exist for the sake of one another in all relations of 
hfe. — God in Natiu-e. 

No difference how busy a man is, if you ask him for a 
favor and he wants to grant it, he has time to do it. — God in 
Nature. 

A quick giving medicine for every ache is the same as 
the riian who speaks his mind on trivial subjects. — God in 
Nature. 

Mortar i.> ma.le of lim.e and sand mixed, love is made of 
Terestial and cehstial mixed. 

The nToU of tlie house is often out on a journey when 
fortune knocks at the door. — God in Nature. 

The man who (\ot':i a kindness for others to accomplish 
his ov/n selfish ends is a villain of the blackest type — God 
in Nature. 

A word of praise for a good meal is the best pay you 
can offer to a lady for her cft'orts to prepare a good meal.^ 
God in Nature. 

The mirror in philosophy is the same as spiritual lig'ht 
1^. to our sinful face. — God in Nature. 

Man is a reasoning creature and a free agent, he makes 
a strange use of bcilh very frequently. — God in Nature. 

The normal lot of man is joy, the same as health is to 
^he body. — God in Nature. 

Everything gets okl except maxims. Three thousand 
years has rot placed gray hair on any, althougli written in 
all parts of the earth. — God in Nature. 



GOD IN NATURE. 

When we cannot mix heaven in our daily life and work 
the earthly pilgrimage is a failure. Both must cement har- 
moniously and chime for happiness. 

When on a hunting tour you look back and you see 
lazy dogs, looking ahead you see spirited game running so 
in life. Look back and you see dogs, but look ahead and be- 
hold the spirited game. 

The harmony of nature and the law of correspondence 
are the same. In fact they are the laws of God and should 
be taught in every school. — God in Nature. 

Easy tasks and short hours make vagabonds out of the 
best. You need to keep the traces tight like the string on 
the kite. You must keep it tight. — God in Nature. 

Home, sweet home is a fact and a feature tliat stands in 
the highest appreciation to all living and inanimate creation 
that moves and has a being. — God in Nature. 

The right wav to manage a husband is to treat him as 
kindly as possible in all things that come under the head of 
common sense. — God in Nature. 

Habit to a great extent forms our lives' actions. Oh, 
liow careful we should be in forming habits, even religion 
is more of a habit than spirituality. — God in Nature. 

A good house without an occupant is like a good stom- 
adi without food. Botli in the common^^ealth of happi- 
ness are a curse. A medium occupant and medium food are 
essentials to happiness. 

The plainest organ of the body (the heart) is the 
rtrongest and most powerful. The same in the mind, reason 
is the plainest and the most powerful. — God in Nature. 

For the happiness of the home it don't matter to them 
(for their happiness), what species of creation inha:bit the 
bottom of the Ocean. — God in Nature. 

Hallucinations develop whimsicalities to accommodate 
the environs, and often tend to religious dementiations. — 
God in Nature. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



Preachers, in a domestic sense, are not unlike lightning 
rods. One keeps guard over the house, the other over the 
souls. Both must be rooted and grounded before they have 
power to strike and tear up things in general. — God in Na- 
ture. 

The northern horizon scintalized by the briglitness of 
the aurora, with all the dazzling colors comingling, develop- 
ing a panorama bright and glorious. Hence the language of 
the Psalmist : The heaven declare thy Glory, O Lord. 

The health of a nation is indicated by the amount of 
monev in circulation per capita. If the index points to an 
Increased production from the mines, then there is no panic 
in sight. — God in Nature. 

Headaches is a manifestation of all diseases that hu- 
man flesh is heir to. — God in Nature. 

We cant see the electric powers in magnetism, but they 
are so all powerful that they govern all the constellations in 
the entire universe, and all things that live, move and have 
a being. It is the hand of God. — God in Nature. 

A man's capacity for loving is an index to his powers 
of usefulness in every phase of life. — God in Nature. 

It is muc heasier to rule a nation, school or family by 
love than by the sword and the rod. — God in Nature. 

Wl:en you have a political bee in your bonnet, your 
head is large. When you are at prayer meeting asking God 
for an honest ballot, your head is small. — God in Nature. 

Women, idiots and Indians arc not permitted to vote. 
Brother, do you want your sister classified in this list? No, 
go to the polls and vote for the liberation of your sister and 
show yourself a man, and not a political weakling. 

If you want to kill children on the installment plan, let 
them stay and sleep with old and infirm people. — God in 
Nature. 

Blue eyes and the printing press rule the world. — God 
in Nature. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



When the mother riddles the parental nest, three or 
four may flop' out into the field of matrimony, probably some 
of the chicks are rather ancient.— God in Nature. 

We should have all our affairs in shape that in any 
moment we would be ready for a long journey. — God in 
Nature. 

Wheri you make a mistake in your problem in school 
don't stop work, try ag-ain, success will be sure. Even so in 
Hfe; if you fail the first timC; try again, success is sure to 
come at last— God in Nature. 

The man that undertakes many things at one time never 
does anylhmg well. — God in Nature. 

The man never watches the man, when he is trying to 
do good. — God in Nature. 

Where mu.slc dwells, quarrels are few. — God in Nature. 

All men are good, but, alas ! some are so good that they 
are good for nothing. — God in Nature. 

Prof. Marsh, the great naturalist, cla.^-sifies 350 species 
of horses throughout all ages of creation. 

It is b?tter to marry in the bloom of life than v^ait on a 
decaying maturity, and then have a few sickly posterity that 
v/ill be wretched as long as they live. — God in Nature. 

Man, by nature, was born to be industrious, hence in- 
dustry and happiness go hand in hand. — God in Nature. 

The miracles that people demand in tlicir prayers would 
almost dhvays be a catastrophe. God knows best. — God in 
Nature. 

Getting mad and getting over it is like crawling, feet 
foremost, througli a brush fence. — God in Nature. 

Indications represent that thousands of years are in 
store for m.^n, judging from the past. — God in Nature. 

The home of nature is in the happy medium. — God in 
Nature. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



T!ie only full degree of happiness is found on the other 
side of the grave. — God in Nature. 

To quit a low, vile, dirty habit is called by the preach- 
ers, repentance. 

Humble yourself before God and man, then you can 
expect honor. — God in Nature. 

Get in touch with the meanest men and there you find 
traits of character that are better than your own. — God in 
Nature. 

Hunger is a better appetizer than a Frendh cook. — God 
in Nature. 

Nicely shaped hands are an index to a harmonius mind 
not very bright. — God in Nature. 

The cynical fault finder is all the time on hand to stir 
up mischief. — God in Nature. 

When the river is perfectly noiseless, watch ; ''There is 
a deep hole.'' When a man is perfectly noiseless, watch; 
"There is a deep mind." 

Flowers in your house don't speak audibly, but their 
ffllent language is more impressive. Luther said that it 
chases the devil out of the house. 

Fortune is sure to strike the man who is all the time 
on tlie move. — God in Nature. 

If YOU want to increase your happiness and add to long 
wfe, forget all your neighbors' faults. — God in Nature. 

Many roses that bloom on ladies'' cheeks are trans- 
planted fiom drug stores. — God out of Nature. 

Precisely the same flowers that grew in the Nile Val- 
ley five thousand years ago are blooming there to-day. — God 
in Nature. 

Fore-sight is better than hind-sight. Fore-sight and 
grit are a certain index to success. Hind-sight is a sure 
index to failure. — God in Nature. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



Men who are discontented at home are discontented 
any place you find them. — God in Nature. 

The only way to reach the confidence of the lowest 
criminals is through brotherly love, a fact that is exemplified 
in kinderg-arten schools. They understand the philosophy 
of kindness better than the Judge on the bench. — God in Na- 
ture. 

Many bright boys go to the gallows or to prison because 
they never had the hand of brotherly love offered when they 
were in fhe bonds of distress. 

There are people who try to make every one happy in 
their presence and there are others who try to make every 
one in their presence unhappy. — God in Nature. 

A black eye is an index written in the face of one who 
v*^as looking for more trouble. — God in Nature. 

The reason he married her he was afraid some other 
fellow would get in ahead of him. Now, after the knot is 
tied one year, he is galled. 

The greatest trouble in going to law is the fact of not 
being able to get out when you want. You may be in very 
deep water and the sharks after you. — God in Nature. 

Money is money if you make it by marrying or by 
labor. Marrying is the easiest way, but it often leads on 
to a henpecked man. — God in Nature. 

Those things which concern us the le*ast are the ones 
which give us the most trouble. — God in Nature. 

God permits the sands to wash down stream. God per- 
mits a man to go down to perdition. Both sand and man 
are unrier the direct influence of man. It requires exertion 
in both to stop. — God in Nature. 

Character is a bundle of habits formed in the mind by 
doing things over and over until they have formed an in- 
dellible imprint. — God in Nature. 

Ventriloquism should be taught in every school. It 
adds health and power to the vocal organs. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



We love our school days and school mates, but our love 
for home and mother is much stronger : hence the language 
of the poet, 'Home, Sweet Home." — God in Nature. 

Death is a voyage that separates us from those that we 
love — to meet another family that is more celestial. 

The greatest step in favor of success is concentration 
and continuity ; when these two pointers are neglected, then 
all is gone. — God in Nature. For Happiness. 

Buildmg air castles affords immense pleasure. They 
are the forerunners of all great operations ; they are not back 
thoughts — no tornish or alloy. 

When we are born rich, the ambition to gain riches is 
gone, which is the foremost thought of nine-tenths of the 
people, leaving life a barren desert. — God in Nature. 

The successful wrestlers and prize fighters are total 
abtsainers, proving that when two evils meet they are sure: 
to cripple or kill each other. 

Wars make nations physically, mentally, morally and 
spiritiually shorter and, if they keep on warring, by and by 
they will stop short, like Grandfathers clock, "never to go 
again. — God in Nature. 

The present light of civilization depends on the amount 
of electricity placed to the different operations of life.— For 
Happiness. 

God, in.no part of His creation, showed His divinitv to 
a grander extent than in the instinct of pro-creation, all" for 
love and happiness. — God in Nature. 

Friendship is a rose that blooms all the winter and 
summer. 

The man v.'ho is qualified to govern himself is the most 
lordly gentleman. 

The soul that sinneth shall surelv die, but the one that 
does good sliall live, all for the happiness of man.— God in 
Nature. 



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GOD IN NATURE. 



A fool may give a wise man counsel. — God in Nature. 

Place an Indian child in a white family and it will as- 
sume a Wliiteness almost corresponding with the white race. 
— God in Nature. 

We should not be impatient of our progress in life al- 
thoug'h darkness and discouragement may surround us. — 
God in Nature. 

In common sense hand shaking, produce an equal and 
medium pressure to all parts of the hand. One downward 
motion ; don't hold the hand any longer than necessary. 

Fun, in its proper place, is as much religion as prayer. 
There is a time to laug'h to make others laugh and there is 
a time to pray to induce others to pray. — God in Nature. 

The fellov/ that is afraid of doing too mudh is the very 
fellow that don't do enoug'h. — God in Nature. 

True friendship is unalloyed reciprocity. You can't 
expect to receive unless you give an equal amount in ex- 
change. — God in Nature. 

The wounded friendship is healed by kind words. — 
God in Nature. 

What a glorious privilege it is to do service in the 
Lord's vinevp.rd, while it is day for the night cometh on 
y/herein no man can work,. — God in Nature. 

Bruised friendship will produce nev^ friendship to 
sprout out, v/hich will heal the old bruise and make it 
stronger than ever. — God in Nature. 

The cover of a Bible may be worn, yet the inside ail 
light. Even so in a man, the casket may be worn yet the 
inside ail right. Oblivion in both will not stop the inside 
function throug^h the long ages of eternity. 

When we complain of any faults of those around us we 
should be particular about our own. They may be more 
glaring than those we accuse. — God in Nature. 

All life commences in darkness. — God in Nature. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



Have the mind always occupied to help others is the 
best safeguard to keep you on the right track. — God in Na- 
ture. 

The proper study of mankind is man. If this be true 
many doctors don't understand and obey this law properly 
because so many get drunk. — God in Nature. 

When people get married it stops flirting with a ven- 
geance. — God in Nature. 

Trees that have thick bark are better adapted to stand 
the different elements, including climate ; also live longer. 
People having thick Hp? and skin are better adapted to stand 
the rough elements ; also live longer. — God in Nature. 

Much talking is not a sign of a man being a brainy 
thinker. — God in Nature. 

A gentleman is not a man of certain fashions or dress, 
but with a heart and a good soul. — God in Nature. 

A man may be an honest infidel, yet may be wrong in 
every view ir his life. — God in Nature. 

The man who has affiliated himself in the bonds of a 
church, political party or secret order is in bonds; he is a 
slave. — God in Nature. 

The three best m.edicines are laughter, good tidings and 
a peaceful conscience. — God in Nature. 

A man of large ajnativeness does not age as fast as one 
of small amativeneess because his thoughts are centered in 
amorousness an'l not taken up with the dry subjects of la- 
bor, literature or business that are bone dryers. — God in Na- 
ture. 

Man is greater than the fine tools he makes and the in- 
tricate machinery he invents. Every phase of his organiza- 
tion is many liuiKlred times finer than the finest mechanical 
invention on earth. — -God in Nature. 

A poor memory means an ill nourishing brain. Select 
your diet. — God in Nature. 



GOD IN NATURE. 

Everybody has two educations — one which he receives 
from others, and the most important he gives himself, Which 
is gained from the field of Nature. — God in Nature. 

Our environs have more to do, to make angels or devils, 
than all else combined. God in Nature for our happiness.. 

God's purposes are like an endless golden chain; you 
can hitch on to it at any link and be sure to come out at the 
right station and sure to draw a prize of many diadems. — 
God m Nature. 

Seeds sown on the waters will sprout as soon as the wa- 
ter dries away, and if the seeds are good the crop will be an 
abundance of good fruit. 

If you want a quicker answer to your prayer, go to a 
recluded place where God's communion is quicker and great- 
er than in a place of mirth and frivolity, and you will come 
in closer touch with your Creator. 

Crossing the gulf stream is the roughest part of the 
voyage ; so in life the roughest part was crossing that fearful 
trouble we had a year ago,— God in Nature. 

Keep any machinery in one position and in a short time 
it will wear crooked. Keep your body in the same position 
and in a short time it will be crooked and it will not keep 
good time. Keep a moving and a shifting and be happy. — 
God in Nature. 

Your almanac that was good last year is not good for 
this year. So it is in all things; we must be up to date — 
not too late or too soon. Happy medium. 

All difficult things God does Himself; common and 
plain things He leaves for man to do to keep him employed 
for his happiness and health. — God in Nature. 

If you borrow money and put it to a good use you en- 
joy the pleasure of the principal of the other man's money 
and iie enjoys the interest. — God in Nature. 

It is very difficult to draw a rigid line between right 
and wrong. At best it is full of ziz-zags, especially on Sun- 
day afternoon. — God in Nature. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



The Beautitudes in their abridged form, give more 
moral and spiritual advice in five minutes than ordinary 
reading would in fifty hours. 

What men will do after we are in our graves is a 
thought which should not concern us, but the thought how 
to escape punishment after death. Happiness. 

Fire, at the right distance from our bodies, is a great 
blessing ; when too close or too far off it is a great nuisance, 
but at the right medium it is a great blessing. The same 
philosophy holds good in all the relations of life. — God in 
Nature. 

Know som.ething on everything; then you are not a 
fool on anything. Happiness. — God in Nature. 

There are people who are like butterflies — all for show ; 
others are like a groundmouse — to dig a hole through a 
levee and change the water course and make a different 
geography. Happiness. 

The fossilifericness of any age is the true natural his- 
tory of that period. 

Unused talents, like unused building blocks scattered 
over the lawn, are a nuisance, but when placed right and 
used rightly, then they are a great blessing. Happiness. 

When your mind is befogged, so that all things appear 
dark and gloomy, go into a quiet retreat and tell God what 
is wrong in humility, and in a very short time He will re- 
move the cloud, and the sun of happiness will shine in all 
its glory. — ^God in Nature. 

The lamp, as long as it burns, gives light ; the man as 
long as he lives, gives light. Both are useful as long as the 
light is shining and directed aright, but directed wrong, how 
frightful, like the switch light on the R. R. Happiness. 

Fire made from friction is the same as that made from 
lightning; The S3me holds good in money — money made 
from preaching is the same as made by gambling; fire and 
money are both creatures in the hands of man to be used to 
a right or wrong purpose. Happiness. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



The g-reat amount of learning required to make an all- 
around scholar can't be gained to a better advantage than 
by reading gems. — God in Nature. 

Zig-zag lightning is uncertain. No one can tell where 
it will strike ; even so in death, no one can tell where it will 
strike. — God in Nature. 

The language in an oyster saloon and in the Young 
Men's Christian Association haJl are very different. Sur- 
roundings make a world of difference in conversations and 
morals. — God in Nature. 

Love links Heaven to earth and earth to Heaven. — God 
in Nature. 

When love and skill work together, expect a master- 
piece. — God in Natru-e. 

A boy that is good to sell laces and silks will not make 
a good stone mason or a blacksmith. — God in Nature. 

Love rules the court, the camp, the grove and men be- 
low and sairts above. — God in Nature. 

A good listener is more desired than a good conversa- 
tionalist. — God in Nature. 

We can't eat the bread of life unless we hunger for it. 
— God in Nature. 



To lesralize a wrone: never makes it risfht. — God in Na- 



i^' 



lure. 



It is a great blessing that love is blind. If it were not 
the matrimonial matches would be few and far between. — 
God in Nature. 

Not onl>- the Lord loveth a cheerful giver. Dogs, 
horses and all creation is made more cheerful and more hap- 
py ; also, tlie wheels of progress run faster. — God in Nature. 

It is easier to get along in the lead in learning walking 
or in anything else than in the rear ranks. Every one 
should make his greatest efl'orts to be in the front ranks in 
everything that is honorable. — God in Nature. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



We may raise a kite, so high that we can't see it, but we 
can feel the string piilUng; the spiritual kite of our con- 
science may be so high that we can't see it, but feel the 
string pulling. Don't let the string slip. — God in Nature. 

The most important of all information is self-knowl- 
edge. 

A smgle key in your organ might discord ; a single blis- 
ter might mar your entire harmony of character. — God in 
Nature. 

Knowledge increases by its own attainments ; as it rolls 
on and on in the great field of new conquests. — God in Na- 
ture. 

When we travel on the road to righteousness we travel 
on the road of eternal life. — God in Nature. 

Kindness has converted more sinners than eloquence, 
zeal and learning.— God in Nature. 

I would rather meet a man who is full of knowledge 
than one of great riches and ignorant. 

Noah Webster said, "Knowledge is power." The 
school house is the cultivator of this power. 

It is a h.igh moral victory to miss the many things 
which we don't want to hear or know. 

The value of a man's character is estimated by the man- 
ner in which he spends his idle money. 

Obey the inner voice of your nature in eating and you 
are all right. — God in Nature. 

The bully is always a coward where true courage is 
required. 

It takes training in the marksman to hit the bull's eye, 
it takes training for the miller to grind fine flour. Talent 
and practice develop perfection. — God in Nature. 

To be successful in life follow these six rules : Temper- 
ance, economy, energy, system, honesty and punctuality. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



Unpen^erted reason is Godlike ; perverted reason is 
devil-lilce. You can have either. It requires schooling. It 
is nature. The voice of God for happiness or for misery. — 
God in Nature. 

It was more of a sin 50 years ago to laugh and whistle 
on Sunday than at present to run a double-header of forty 
cars loadened with limestone. A great change in the moral 
laws. Fifty years more will make an entire revolution and 
the Sunday will be the day of sports, games and plays. — 
God in Nature. 

Happiness is developed by congeniality in matrimony, 
hence the Creator and Christ encourage it. Also proving 
that it is a divine institution and should be encouraged. For 
health and happiness. 

Bad places in all creation, vegetable, animal or human, 
the hand of time will harmonize and eradicate all evils and 
the place will know it no more, all for the happiness of man. 
— God in Nature. 

All studies belonging to Nature become more interest- 
ing as we penetrate them, all for the happiness of man. — 
God in Nature. 

If one part of your body is disorganized so as to pro- 
duce a discord; the other parts will perform the function of 
the disabled one, showing that the sympathetic hand of God 
is at work in }our body as well as in the stars, all for hap- 
niness. — ^God in Nature. 

Every insect is blessed with an instinct to hibernate at 
the proper season to develop the highest happiness. — God in 
Nature. 

It is not the hard worker that accomplishes the most in 
anything. It is the steady, quiet worker. Creation and 
Providence a sample. Be happy. — God in Nature. 

Prof. J. Peamer is the only party in America who has 
given his life-long thoughts and time to developing God in 
Nature for a quicker and higher system of gaining knowl- 
edge for the elevation of humanity. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



If you never suffered from advocating right you need 
a large monument to keep your memory green after you are 
dead. Your good deeds are few. — God in Nature. 

Forming a habit is like forming a small water-way. 
In a very short time it is quite a rivulet. The same in habit 
at first it is small, in a very short time a power in your na- 
ture that you can't control. — God in Nature. 

There are boys who are notoriously brave, who have a 
strong brother standing at their side. The same in many 
toys who are very rich, who have a wealthy uncle at their 
side to back them. — God in Nature. 

It requires as much care to educate conscience aright 
as to educate your hand to do things that will add to your 
happiness. AH is habit with conscience. — God in Nature. 

One sin can put us under the influence of Satan to such 
an extent that all the days of our lives we may have to 
wrestle and fight with the evil one. — God in Nature. 

A man raised in sunlight is like a plant raised in sun 
light. Both contain more of the glory of God in color and 
in all other respects are more God-like. — God in Nature. 

A family of ten are more peaceful. It is more God- 
like than a small family. God is on the side of large fam- 
ilies. — God in Nature. 

We should teach children all the steps tending to a 
higher humanity, so as to develop the fullest degree of hap- 
piness. — God in Nature. 

A right habit is sanity : a wrong habit is insanity of 
any organ. All the habits of right is sanity of the mind 
and body, hence there is nothing on earth which pays better 
than to do right and develop all the organs of the mind 
equally, — God in Nature. 

A poor woman had a large family and took two more 
to raise. God was in the family. Another woman had 
two, and she had trouble. One was a prodigal — always 
fighting and troublesome. The family was too small. The 
devil was in it nearlv all the time. — God in Nature. 



COD IN NATURE. 



The half of the hinge will not hold the door. The old 
bachelor is only half of the hinge, hence he can't hold the 
family hinge in the door of life. In all things it takes a pair 
for perfection. 

No greater misery can befall a man than to be deprived 
of daily labor at some legitimate work that will employ 
body and mind. — God in Nature. 

Joys and sorrows in life are like blending colors ; one 
shade of colors would not beautify. Life needs contrast the 
same as nature. — God in Nature. 

Life is like a game of chess, each piece holds it place. 
Man is the same, and when death comes all go in the same 
sack. — God in Nature." 

Too much flowery language in a speech is like too many 
petals in a rose. In either case they are not desirable in their 
effect. 

The room that is the best adapted for the deep-down, 
whole souled laugh is the one to select for the living room to 
hold yotu* family together. — God in Nature. 

Good and honest moral kindness does more to develop 
than all laws, schools, missionaries and preaching. — God in 
Nature. 

Misery loves company. That is the reason why some 
people love to talk about faults and sins of others. — God in 
Nature. 

There are seven doors that the devil makes use of to 
gain his mem.bership for sin : Anger, pride, lust, greed to get 
money, appetite, wild ambition and religion. — God in Na- 
ture. 

You should marry at the age of twenty-five, a lady of 
twenty and by and by be at the head of a family of about 
six, and thank God for his mercies at each meal. — God in 
Nature. 

The privilege of labor is one of the greatest blessings 
the human family enjoys. — God in Nature. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



Contentment makes the poorest man rich, discontent- 
ment makes the mJlHonaire poor. God loves the contented. 

No one should become discouraged by mistakes and fail- 
tires. They are the chuckholes and ruts in the journey of 
life. By and by the happy field of Eden will appear in a well 
fpent life. — God in Nature. 

Nothing" can make us happy unless our innerself is rec- 
onciled to our God and to our fellow beings and all self is 
gone. — God in Nature. 

A quiet friend is better than a jealous one, \\4io is noisy. 
God in Nature. 

The first ten years' training in children determines the 
mode of wroship among people. — God in Nature. 

The best friends we have are our converted enemies; 
we can give them a Godlike victory when we forgive them. 
— God in Nature. 

Grccit fortunes and great minds do not always go to- 
gether. — God in Nature. 

All that is fair and beautiful must fade. — God in Na- 
ture. 

True fellowship means living more sweetly together. — 
God in Nature. 

Flowers on our prairies have bloomed for ages unseen 
by man; virtue has bloomed without man knowing it; the 
sweetness of both have gone to heaven. — God in Nature. 

Fortune often makes fools out of decent men. — God in 
Nature. 

Beautiful flowers may emit the most deadly poison. The 
same in the gilded halls : they may poison the happiness of 
your whole life. — God in Nature. 

The faster you work, the faster the time flies ; the slow- 
er you work the slower time goes. Lively music, lively 
work and lively learning are all adjuncts to happiness, purity 
and health. — God in Nature. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



If it was not for the brotherhood of man this Hfe would 
be a frightful failure. It would not amount to as much as 
the Hfe of a com'mon brute. — God in Nature. 

Deep down in our midnight dreams the golden images 
from the merry school girls' and boys' laughing and playing 
as though earth has and had no sorrows that heaven has 
not cured. For happiness. — God in Nature. 

Religion that has no laugh in it is so fine and good that 
it is good for nothing., except to make people wretched and 
unhappy. — God in Nature. 

The responsibility we owe to God and man is so great 
and when properly observed, transforms the earth into a 
paradise. It is also the key to heaven. — God in Nature. 

The love of God for man is so great and unbounded that 
we can't help but exclaim, "Oh, how amiable Thou art, O 
Lord !" — God in Nature. 

The higher a man is in all things good, the less he is 
tangled in the small animosities that the evil one is putting 
before him as baits to entrap him. — ^God in Nature. 

When a man estimates how little good the devil has 
done for him. and then what God has done for him, he will 
see the difference. — God in Nature. 

There arc women at the head of families who are so 
squeamish and fastidious in their management that they 
upset all the peace and happiness — they lea\»e God and Na- 
ture. They can be compared to whited sepulchres. — God 
in Nature. 

There is nothing more killing to a boy's happiness than 
to keep him at home when you have nothing for him to 
do. Rddle the nest and get a move on and make a man 
out of him, and not a weakling. — God in Nature. 

A man of moderate wages who is contented and happy, 
but through lust and greed turns his talents into a corrupt 
channel to gain m.oncy irrespective of honesty, nine times 
out of ten he is landed much lower than he was when he 
was receiving moderate wages. — God in Nature. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



The rocks disintegrate to make soil for the cultivation 
of food for the millions who look to Thee O Lord for their 
daily bread, all for their happiness. 

The rocks in the hills are so created and classified that 
frhehy add immensely to the happiness of man in building 
houses, bridges and forming roads, all for the happiness of 
man. 

When the church in sectarianism gets too high, God 
calls a halt and the isms get mixed and the language be- 
comes confused and down she goes like Babel's tower. At 
present the sectarian world is drifting into that line. — God 
in Nature. 

God created wild animals and wild berries for the 
wild people for their happiness. — God in Nature. 

If all people thought alike what a monotonous world 
this would be ; but God made all minds different so as to 
add interest and happiness. — God in Nature. 

God in Nature is not in all instances quiet, as in the 
thunder storms and water falls. This gives variety in order 
to add happiness. — God in Nature. 

A inedium light is best for our vision, a medium light 
of the spirit of God is best for our spiritual vision. All for 
the happiness of man. — God in Nature. 

If you want to reach Heaven make home like Heaven. 
This is a wise provision for your happiness on earth and in 
Heaven. — God in Nature. 

Love is the drawing quality which unites all creation 
for propagation and perpetuation ; all for happiness. — God 
in Nature. 

Every time you overcome a temptation you are one 
mark higher on the road to Heaven. By and by your sin 
stains will be wiped away and your title will be clear for 
your heavenly and earthly happiness. — God in Nature. 

Nature in all her avenues is doing all she can to re- 
store happiness to man. — God in Nature. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



God created man after His own image ; so that man, 
after his physiological and psychological influence, stands in 
harmony with the God in Nature, all for man's happiness. 

When we are going down hill, the man who steps in 
and assists to put the rubber on the wheel and helps to turn 
the scale, is our true friend. — God in Nature. 

Very often we pity the heathens for their weakness in 
the worship of idols, and at the same time we worship idols 
in party voting and sectarianism that carries a worse face 
than the worship of heathen gods. — God in Nature. 

A rock rolling down a motmtain will crush a hole 
throug'h a house. When crushed into sand it will make dust 
for children to play with. — God in Nature. 

Three years of active action in any direction will 
change the skull (by force of the brain) to accommodate the 
environs. — God in Nature. 

Hand cuffs m^ade of gold are heavy and carry a more 
odius attraction than the old fashioned iron ones. — God in 
Nature. 

The civilization that we enjoy is an abnormal habit 
called schooling, pushed upon children before they know any 
better. The laws of their natural instinct are removed and 
they drift into their wild primitive nature. — God in Nature. 

The pov/er to please is the greatest factor that belongs 
lO hvmianity, not only in one thing but in •every thing that 
belongs to man — God' in Nature. 

Fossil hunters are like the book of proverbs. The great 
variety adds so much spice that it is like a grand panorama. 
— Golden Gems. 

Ireland has the greatest extremes of humanity in the 
whole v/orld. On one hand the very best and on the other 
hand the very worst. — God in Nature. 

There is a smack of savagery in all humanity. The 
good forces dominate, hence the natural tendency pointing 
to a higher civilization. — God in Nature. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



Any literary composition that is properly Americanized 
is more happy in its version than that which is scraped frorn 
the Mediaeval ages. 

There is more danger in knowing too much than there 
is in not knowing enough ; for happiness. There is more 
danger in having too much money than not enough. The 
happy medium is the best in all things. 

The best love a man can make to his wife is to strike 
up a second, a third or a hundred new loves ; the more the 
better for happiness. The wife will 'bake sweeter cakes. 

A man going to church with a Bible and a hymn book 
under his arm is not a positive sign that he is an honest 
Christian. He may have a political bee in his bonnet. 

There is nothing in the world which will knock the 
high-toned dignity out of a man quicker than to be an up-to- 
date American hustler. 

The blowhorn of a man who blows too loud, cannot 
keep it up a long time, but the man who blows on the key 
of F (key of nature) will be able to keep on blowing until 
he stops like grandfather's clock. 

Afflictions are our best blessings in a quiet disguise. 
The}/ are the same as the North Star is to the mariner. 

The hand of God in nature penetrates all the avenues 
of creation. He who keeps in the closest proximity of this 
Almighty hand is all the time in the closest touch with 
heaven. 

We help you to help yourself is the best advice that can 
be given to any one. 

When tlie albumen in the seed pulp is absorbed, the 
transition into the plant is where the critical period exists. 
The same in young folks when transition from boyhood into 
manhood arrives. All for happiness. 

Deatii is the. final administrator of all estates and of na- 
tions. When the last accounts are all settled, the time is 
very short until the place shall know it no more. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



We can't look out into the great field of nature unless 
we can plainly see that there is a sovereign balm for every 
sin-siclc soul ; all for the happiness of man. 

If one part of the body is disorganized so as to pro- 
duce a discord, the other parts will perform the function of 
the disabled one, showing that the sympathetic hand of God 
is at work in your body as well as in the stars ; all for hap- 
piness. — God in Nature. 

Bad places in all creation — vegetable, animal or human 
— the hand of Time will harmonize and eradicate all evils, 
and the place will know it no more ; all for the happiness of 
man. — God in Nature. 

God created wild animals and wild berries for the wild 
people, for their happiness. — God in Nature. 

The hig'her the intelligence the less people can see God 
in nature. They want to gain happiness through scientific 
reason, which can't be done ; .all for the happiness of man. — 
God in Nature. 

The deeper we penetrate into the constellations of the 
different systems of stars the more happiness we gain from 
the science of astronomy ; all for the happiness of man. — 
God in Nature. 

Everybody has his own kingdom within himself, if he 
rules it in harmony with the laws of nature — laws of God — 
he is happy, but if he rules it in harmony with the prince 
of darkness he is unhappy. — God in Nature.* 

As the ages of intelligence move on, the environs 
•step in to accommodate all things ; all for the happiness of 
fnan. — God in Nature. 

Every insect is blessed with an instinct to hibernate at 
the proper season to develop the highest happiness. — God in 
Nature. 

If your husband drinks, develop some plan to attract 
his attention in another channel, and in a short time he will 
not think of the habit. — God in Nature. 



GOD IN NATURB. 



Animals are not moved into a higher ecstasy by beau- 
tiful works of art, but all living creation is affected by har- 
monious music. For happiness. 

Anthropology should be taught in our common schools 
in harmony with this the laws of correspondence. If this 
was done heavenly harmony would prevail. This earth 
would be a paradise. 

A knowledge of architecture broadens the mind, open- 
ing the way to intellectual avenues, making a man more of 
a man. 

Archeological excavations develop the fact that the 
chronology of artistic civilization was in its zenith 6,000 
years ago. 

Tell me the attitude of a church on th^i saloon ques- 
tion and 1 will tell you the amount of spirituality the church 
has. God in Nature, all for the happiness of man. 

A large pile of acorns would rot and not produce one 
tree. You must scatter and plant them. The same in a 
large pile of money; it would not produce one good result. 
You must scatter it and place plants. Both the money and 
acorns if properly scattered and planted will produce mighty 
results. 

The antipodes of a people (by electricity) is brought 
in harmonious touch. Hence at the dinner table they can 
communicate to all parts of the globe and develop the 
higliest degree of happiness. 

One thing is certain that the American people do not 
drink enough of pure, cold water for good health and long 
life. 

To attire yourself in a hunting suit to go to a funeral 
would be out of place. To dress in a wedding suit to dig 
coal would be out of place. We must dbserve the laws of 
correspondence if we want to be happy. 

The Creator is not less because He is invisible to man ; 
all for the happiness of man. — God in Nature. 



GOD IN NATURE, 



Too much "book learning destroys the strong mental 
thoughts that are adapted to do great good. For happiness. 

If it is true that life is the time to ser\^e the Lord to 
assure the great reward, it is so remarkably strange that 
so few are on schedule time. — God in Nature. 

Falling in love and falling in the well are both watered 
stock and in the markets of com.mon sense far below par. — 
God in Nature. 

The church that laughs the most has the fullest religion 
and less suicides and insanity ; also more genuine happiness. 

There are as many phases of laughter as there are ex- 
pressions of the intellect. There is a vast difference in the 
mental giant and the fool. 

When you arc sick it is not likely that you will get bet- 
ter until it lifts the latch string that opens the door to the 
Kingdom of God, — God in Nature-. 

Young chickens never learn to swim. Young ducks by 
mstinct learn to swim. God in nature for animal happiness. 

John B. Gough said in his lectures : I would rather be 
a slave than a drunkard. He was one who new what he was 
talking about.— God in Nature. 

Love shall be crovvned the eternal queen in the king- 
dom of the sweet by and by. — God in Nature. 

It is because of evil and sufiFering that life is worth 
living. For happiness. — God in Nature. ♦ 

The man who never had any bad luck can't appreciate 
good luck when it comes. — God in Nature. 

Insane people are the most violently disposed to their 
nearest and svvcetcst friends, who are trying to do the most 
good to them. — God in Nature. 

In the galaxy of human intelligence there is no branch 
of learning more elevating than the science and philosophy 
of astronomy. It brings you in the closest touch with the 
celestial kingdom ; all for man's happiness. — God in Natur'e. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



The tongue of the bell is a factor in the economy of 
the commonwealth of a people that commands a significance 
above all mechanical structures, in all the relations of a 
Civilized life; all for the happiness of man. 

The voice of a child and the voice of a man differ, the 
child's voice is adapted for its happiness, ihe sanvo in man. 

It is not the hard worker iliar accomplishes the most 
in anything, it is the quiet worker — creation and providence 
a sample — ^l^e happ}'. 

The present light of ci/ir<?t: >n depends on the amor.nt 
oi electricity placed to the different operations of life ; for 
haj^l iness. 

A man's mind can be compared to the guage of steam 
on the power-wheel, some times the forces are stopped by 
unknown causes, even so in the mind of man they are 
stopped by unknown causes ; all for man's happiness, it then 
gives God an opportunity to talk. 

If all things were straight the Australian could not 
kill a kangaroo behind a rock with his crooked boomerang, 
therefore the Creator permits crooked things as well as 
straight ones ; all for the happiness of his creatures. — God 
in Nature. 

In the beginning God created the Heaven and the 
Earth and pronounced them Good. For the happiness of 
man. — God in Nature. 

In the creation of the human family we find the male 
and female about equally divided in numbers, hence from 
this it behooves each male to have one female and each 
female to have one male ; all for happiness. — God in Nature. 

There is no danger that vSundav schools will break up 
a nation, but the Pricstism has been the main cause of the 
downfall of every nation since the day of Adam, therefore 
the Sunday school is one of the great factors of safety 
and happiness. — God in Nature. 



CX)D IN NATURE. 



To color your hair is to act the hypocrite.. It makes you 
look too young; hence you destroy your happiness. — God 
in Nature. 

When God paints the country with her white mantle 
of snow, the little mounds show what they mean and appear 
in all their earthly glory much more beautiful than the 
grandest monument ; all for the happiness of man. — God in 

Nature. 

A medium lig'ht is best for our vision, a medium light 
of the spirit of God is best for our spiritual vision; all for 
the happiness of man. — God in Nature. 

In all respects God is on the side of the poor and is 
disposed to segrigate and scatter the great piles of riches; 
all for the happiness of man. — God in Nature. 

The Creator writes the highest mark of beauty and Iovq 
in the season of procreation ; all for perpetuation and happi- 
ness. — God in Nature. 

When the time arrives that the sexual organs are 
ripest, then the parties are the fullest of love and music, and 
talk the sweetest ; all for happiness. 

God wants all his creation to be strong: hence He 
places the fittest as the surviving; all for the happiness of 
the race. — God in Nature. 

In contemplating a crime a certain amount of retribu- 
tion is paid by remorse of conscience before the crime is per- 
petrated, inasmuch as the way of the transgressor is hard; 
all foi happiness. — God in Nature. 

Hogs wallow in the mud, irrespective of the laws of 
etiquette, touching their happiness and health. 

God created man to fit some for the major key and 
some for the minor key so that the scale in the human family 
would harmonize : all for the happiness on earth. — God in 
Nature. 

God placed spiritual wisdom in the soul of certain pre- 
historic men to write the inspired books of the Bible; all 
for the happiness of man. — God in Nature. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



Many tragical catastrophes by the outstretched hand 
of God we miss, He is a shield to them who obey. He stands 
guard day and night, then at last opens the door to eternal 
glory and happniess. 

The improved treatment of typhoid fever, and a better 
system of ventilation to schoolhouses has been an immense 
blessing to our Republic within the last 50 years ; touching 
long life and good health. 

If vou want the truth in history, go to the fossiliforous 
tges, in which the event occurred and examine the petrified 
fossil. They tell no lies. 

Turtles deposit their eggs in the sand and when they 
are hatched the brood wend their way to the nearest water. 
They don't need a mariner's compass to guide them, they 
are governed by instinct. Invisible hand of God. 

Tile Bible says through the mouth of one of the proph- 
ets that it is better to obey than to offer sacrifices. Obeying 
is mighty in the history of humanity. 

When you put your trust in trust you are ver}^ often 
left, but if you put your trust in God you are never left. 

A small store, well filled, a small farm well tilled, is a 
success. A large store poorly filled and a large farm poorly 
tilled is like a poor cow (blue milk). 

It would pay to place another saloon at the corner. 

The question is never put, would it add to the morals of 
our town and save many of our best young men from a 
drunkard's grave. — God in Nature. 

As you learn to enjoy the better literature, the cheaper 
loses its attraction and your mind is developing into an at- 
mosphere that is not as sulphuric as that from the low dime 
novels. 

There are some who view religion about the same as a 
fire escape is to the occupant of a hole, to run out to get 
away from the fire and not for the happiness that is in 
religion. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



The road of life is so short and and fast that it is a great 
foolishness to add so manv hardships to take out the angles. 
God in Nature for happiness. 

Old estates don't add to progress until the owner dies 
and the property changes into other hands. Then the spirit 
of development commences, hence the blessing that comes 
at the death of a rich, stingy man or woman. 

The greater the economy exercised in the accumulation 
of a vast pile of property the greater the fight will be to get 
it and spend it when death comes. 

For educational pastime the greatest minds the world 
ever had employed their spare moments in writing gems 
and maxims as their highest haven of rest w'hile pilgrims 
here below. 

To much book education is like too many acres of land. 
They are like sheet lightning, they lack concentration, 
hence it prevents it from striking to an advantage. 

The independence of the eagle is expressed by her hov- 
ering in ctherial expanse, making great areas, beholding the 
insignificant creatures deep down in the lowlands, only fit 
for prey, to be carried in her talons on the high cliffs, there 
to be devoured. 

The earth in many places is a notorious turncoat. It 
vomits out lava through volcanoes and thei^hv transforms 
it into arable land and lets the outside sink down to have it 
cooked over for another upheaval. 

Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot cure, even the 
great and rich nabob, who time will centralize to the final 
station which has a compass of 2 by 6 feet. 

Do not educate the mind to the detriment of the body. 
Vour mind is of no use imless backed by a good body, a 
good body and good mind must go hand in hand for power. 

Many young fellows are like a filled ring. The outside 
appears good but the inside is brass and gas. 



GOD IN NATURE. 

The third commandment says thou shalt not ta;ke the 
name of the Lord thy God in vain. What a blessing it is 
to the heathen who do not know this. They will not have to 
answer at the great day for the violation of this heinous 
crime ; hence the maxim where ignorance is a bliss it is 
folly to be wise. 

Court the advice of those w^ho are older and riper in 
experience before undertaking anything of importance. 

In a fight to kick a man on the wounded leg is a mark 
of low cowardice and a scoundrel. The same in business; 
if you kick a man on the sore leg you show yourself a 
cowardly scoundrel. 

Happiness, success and contentment come from a 
sweet nature, not from the cold, cross, sour, morose nature, 
which is full of evil spirits. 

A small insect or germ may be the cause of a great 
epidemic. The same in a small sin. It may be the cause of 
a great calamity in your moral character. 

The commercial value and possibility of any people is 
centered in the freedom of the public school. 

Christ the only panacea for a sin sick soul. 

To be posted in the creation on the Bottom of the 
ocean, the deep meaning of the bible and the constellation 
of the heavens does not all in making a woman a more pro- 
ficient wife to make a man happy. 

Dogs are a curse, especially mad dogs. Whiskey is a 
curse, especially lightning whiskey. 

If colleges would teach more of the true love of God, 
and not so much love of the dead languages, it would be bet- 
ter for the happiness of humanity. — God in Nature. 

Like the works of the Creator, electricity is fathomless. 
God in Nature, for man's happiness. 

We must be kind and obliging to every one equally if 
we want to obey God and be happy. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



If you ^^ant to tell the truth don't tell it quite naked- 
Plave a few fringes of euphony and hyperbotes hanging to- 
it. — God in Nature. 

When your natural disposition revolts an occupation^ 
do not follow it but seek one that is more congenial and 
stick to that. 

In solar space attraction and repulsion are at an equi- 
poi, hence harmony in nature pervades (happy medium), 
God in Nature, for man's happiness. 

The mind of God carries the destroying elements, the 
same as the creative. If one part has answered its mission^ 
a new one sprouts, to rebuild, hence the train forming goes 
on all the time. God in Nature, for man's happiness. 

A sweet conmiand carries the voice of love, which is 
the voice of God, and is much more powerful than the voice 
of the devil, which is harsh. God in Nature for man's hap- 
piness. 

Trees are the most contrary thing living. In the win- 
ter they stand naked in the forest, and in the summer they 
have a coat on. The same in a fool ; in the summer he has 
a coat on and in the winter he has none. 

A letter that sounds the most like common talk is the 
best composition. 

Old version — think twice before you sp(;ak. New ver- 
sion — think three times before you marry once. 

It is not right to drive home the truth too naked. Clothe 
it becoming:ly and have it appear more euphonious. 

Transition in the middle of life comes and goes as quiet 
as the enuiiK^.xes. The great revolution of the ages roll on 
and on until the mighty scroll is finished, then with a crash 
the clods on the coffin and the place shall know it no more. 

Trolley lines do more to civilize crude communities 
than any one medium on earth. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



God, in the primitive creation, was careful to create 
such food that was congenial for their happiness. — God in 
Nature. 

Rust disintegrates and scatters all metals so that future 
generations must mine them in the shape of ores from the 
hills, giving work to millions of laborers, then up-to-date 
machinery is made from these metals for the happiness of 
man. — God in Nature. 

Religion is a spiritual appetite, hunger is a physical ap- 
petite. God placed these appetites in our constitutions. 
They must be satisfied irrespective of creed or system. The 
plainer the food the better for both appetites. All man must 
do is live in harmony with these appetites and his title will 
be clear at the great day. — God in Nature. 

Before fruit is quite ripe it is perfect in every way. 
Love is most perfect before it is quite ripe. Fruit over- 
ripe is imperfect and unsafe to use. 

God in Nature embraces all the creation of the entire 
Universe. God is omnipotent, omniscient and omnipres- 
ent, all in ail. Man is the climax of all His works, being 
half God and half man, half earth and half heaven, some- 
times earth predominates and sometimes Heaven, making 
him the most happy or the most unhappy of all creation. 

A dream that is a forerunner is associated with pre- 
monition and a dream that is an afterrunner is a violation 
in eating and working, all in harmony with the laws of God 
in Nature, developing the relation of man to God for hap- 
piness. 

The health and long life of nations and families de- 
pends on temperance, if temperate long life follows and if 
intemperate short life follows ; all to teach happiness to 
man. 

The length of life among the Euro[)eans, Africans and 
Indians is not so much as we might judge the nationality 
has not so much to do as the observance of the laws of 
nature, which are laws of God. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



The person who is the greatest lover of beauty is the 
nearest to heaven, inasmuch as heaven is represented as the 
grandest place of beauty in all God's creation; all for man*s 
happiness. — God in Nature. 

The dial plate of time plainly shows that we are pass- 
ing through the greatest boom of progress the world ever 
saw ; for the happiness of man. — God in Nature. 

A dark cloud is not a pleasant sight, a dark trouble is 
an unpleasant sight, but the sun shines through the dark- 
est places, we see the silver lining of God's cheering hand 
pointing to a higher earthly happiness. — God in Nature. 

Laughing is one of the human privileges endorsed by 
reason, scripture and God, hence it is a blessing that should 
be cultivated the same as music or prayer, inasmuch as it is 
equally elevating ; all for the happiness of man. — God in 
Nature. 

The Creator placed loving qualities in the human fam- 
ily for the highest happiness. The individual who has them 
under restraint is a happy man. — God in Nature. 

A waterturtle is the most independent creature in the 
world. She carries her armour, her house and her navy on 
her back. She don't talk or sing, quietly she lives and when 
she is sleepy she throws herself on the billows of the 
ocean and is rocked to sleep in the cradle of the deep ; all for 
animal happiness. • 

The daisy can't see, when night comes she closes her 
flowery home and when the morning sun appears she opens 
the doors and windows of her loA^ely perfumed home ; all 
for the happiness of the heavenly kingdom of flowers. — God 
in Nature. 

Columbus did not wait until he could get a modem, 
up-to-date s'hip but instead took what was on hand and off 
he goes and discovered America. The same philosophy 
holds good to-day. Take what is on hand and quit your 
growling for something better. 



GOD IN NATURE. 

Sanitv of the mind is in all the mental faculties work- 
ing harmoniously in unison. When they run backwards in- 
sanity is expressed and when they work forward sanity is 
expressed. The greatest blessing- on earth is the harmonic 
action of the mental organs. 

The most striking facts come from the prize fighter, 
who can strike the hardest. — God in Nature. 

Skirmishing in the armies is not so much dreaded as a 
dead calm. So in life. Small troubles are not dreaded as 
much of a dead calm, which always has a mighty storm 
brewing. 

In the improved method of surgery it is not a difficult 
operation to ainputate a limib, but to amputate a broken and 
bruised conscience is a job that belongs to the sinsick soul- 
healer. He is always a sure panacea. 

A poor stitch requires nine to avoid an ugly rent at a 
place where it is the least wanted. 

Life, mind, soul and spirit are all so closely affiliated 
that the best biologist can't make a clear classification touch- 
ing the individuality of any one of them. 

Sugar is sweet, vinegar is sour ; on the table both 
equally desirable. So in the rich and the poor; both are 
equally desirable. 

To take care of the surplus money is more vexation 
than not having enough. 

A side and backward look is an index to a suspicious, 
mean man. A straight forward look is God like and always 
appreciated by man and beast. 

Creatures on the bottom of the Ocean have their enemies 
the same as the entire living creation, man not excepted ; all 
for teaching and developing a higher happiness. 

The foundation of human happiness is founded on con- 
geniality of matrimony. Families and nations are indexed 
by this step in life. This should be taught in school. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



To tvork until you are a humped backed creature, to 
school a boy to make a big headed professional don't har- 
monize with good common sense. 

Fossils from the willow and the hard oak are an index 
to tlie climate before the Glacial period. 

Dying whiskers is an art that belongs to widowers at 
the time they are looking for a second wife. It is not saying 
that it is out or in the bounds of good common sense, but 
one thing is sure: He is doing his level best to get another 
wife to prove that marriage is not a failure. 

To regulate your watch to the time of 3,000 years ago 
is nonsense. Let time and its development go, but think 
3,000 years ahead and map out the progress of the coming 
ages and be happy. 

The modest and patient worker goes on bravely after 
each discouragement and minds his own business. By and 
by he stands before Kings and great industries. 

Do your work cheerfully, even should it be uncongenial 
in doing so you lay a stepping stone for something higher. 
Watch and pray (not watching) leaves the gate open for 
Satan to enter at an evil hour. 

The public bnnghole on drinking is closing. The 
greater channel is drifting into private homes. The rail- 
roads and the great mechanical industries are doing more 
in turning the head of this fiendish monster than all other 
mediums placed together. * 

A self discontented woman went to the Avorld's fair to 
find relief, but came back with the same nature. No world's 
fair will help that disease but a full portion of the grace of 
God will do it. 

Fifty years ago cold water was about the sam.e as 
poison in sickness or surgery. To-day it is the first remedy 
in every form of ailment and comfort. 

Blessed is the man who drinks water instead of rye 
whiskey. 



GOD IN NATURE. 

• 

The violation of any of the laws of nature will mar the 
happiness of your being until retribution will requit the 
strain ; then peace will reign. 

A man is never without black spots: even the sun is 
never without black spots. There is nothing perfect on this 
side of heaven giving an opportunity to approach the high- 
est degree of happiness on earth. 

The parental love in the female is so great that she 
-will sacrifice her life for the protection and happiness of her 
.offspring. 

The alligator lies in the swamps. His creation de- 
mands it for his happiness. 

The hand of God is not perceptible. You cannot sec 
por feel them like time. God, in all His operations, is 
quiet, but almighty in power for the happiness of man. 

God don't reveal to our sight the entire constellation 
of the heavenly bodies, leaving unexplored places to give 
the astronomer work to classify and explore and thereby 
dcvelcyp the highest degree of happiness. — God in Nature. 

In the beginning God pronounced all His creation 
good ; for the happiness of man.— God in Nature. 

Nature, in all her meanderings, is an almighty pano- 
rama of moving pictures ; all adapted for the happiness of 
man. — God in Nature. 

In every part of God's creation we find the index point- 
ing in plain language Perpetuation and happiness. — God in 
Nature. 

All creation has a representative to sow the seeds for 
perpetuation ; all for love and happiness. — God in Nature. 

God, in no part of His creation, showed His divinity 
to a grander extent than in the instinct of pro-creation; all 
for love and happiness. — God in Nature. 

The Creator placed an inate healing power in every 
part of His works, so that the sick parts are restored to devel- 
op the fullest happiness. — God in Nature. 



GOD IN NATURE. 

Labor unions are counter irritants in the mouth of com- 
merce. 

He who every morning maps out the meanderings of a 
busy day, has developed a labyrinth leading on in the road 
to prosperity and happiness, which will talk in the ages of 
eternity. 

Any one who is all the time afraid of failures never 
will be a success in anything. He will be a baby on the 
woodpile, afraid of falling. 

One word or a nod from many a teacher amounts to 
more than a long lecture from another. Happiness. 

By one pebble the entire Ocean is affected, by one 
thought the whole land may be affected, for happiness. 

Where there is one too straight in stature, there are a 
thousand which are not straight enough. For Happiness. 

Labor strikes are an index that the tongue of commerce 
is coated and the stomach needs a dose of gold. For happi- 
ness. 

It would be wiser to go to college to unlearn what we 
have learned amiss than to go to college to learn things that 
are a block under the wheels of science, progress and hap- 
piness. 

Truth is the middle road between two extremes and is 
the safest to travel for prosperity, success and happiness. 

The mariner don't like a calm or a stt>rm. It is the 
m.edium between the two that lands the ship to the haven 
of safety. The same rule holds good in our earthly voyage 
that eventually lands us in the celestial haven. 

God's retribution is like the mop at the end of the 
handle. The one is to wipe out the dirt from the floor ; the 
other is to wipe sin stains from the conscience. For happi- 
ness. 

Nearly every time the mind of an insane person will 
assume its normal condition before death comes ; all for the 
happiness of man.- 



GOD IN NATURE. 



Nothing is easier to learn than grumbling and fault- 
finding, you can set up shop at any corner of the street so 
that you let the evil one know the number. 

An impure pool may contaminate the atmosphehre and 
produce much misery ; an impure action may contaminate 
and produce much unhappiness through your daily atmos- 
phere of life rnd thereby produce much misery. 

The letter head is the forerunner of your missive ; the 
head mark is the forerunner of your intelligence and may 
produce much happiness through your life. 

In all humanity the greatest beautifier and peacemaker 
of the heart is purity of character ; God in Nature, for hap- 
piness. 

The old maxim says, no lane so long it has a turn ; 
so in life — none so long but the turn at the end is waiting; 
God in Nature for man's happiness. 

Hieroglyphics teach us that the average length of the 
human foot, in promerae ages, was twelve inches ; at pres- 
ent it is only nine and one-half inches ; the more uncivilized 
ages required larger feet to develop a higher happiness. 

Viewing the animal kingdom and perceiving the thous- 
ands of species, and all carrying an individuality in organi- 
zation for thousands of years, also with an instinct that 
adapts each one to the environs so as to accommodate the 
highest happiness. Hence we can exclaim Oh, Lord, Thou 
Creator, how marvelous are Thy works ! 

Germs that produced certain diseases thousands of 
years ago, today are developing the same diseases ; the only 
v/ay to exterminate the germs is to change the environs. 
In this age of intelligence we classify these germs all for the 
happiness of man. 

Individuals placed in their proper vocations is the only 
medium by which to d.^velop mental giants. It is not pos- 
sible that this can be done by schooling. The great musician 
will no!- m.ake a great astronomer. Select the vocation which 
is best adapted to your organization and be useful and 
happy. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



A sermon reading preacher and a prophecy reading 
prophet are about the same. Both are cheap goods in the 
market. — God in Nature. 

The devil don't want any better material than is found 
in the fellow wlio swears off for a short season, say a month 
or so, and then commences again. — God in Nature. 

The pendulum swings, artificial intoxicants blightens 
the homes of millions, the demon's fangs are in your throat. 
It was a doctor's, a preacher's, a lawyer's, a drunkard's 
grave. — God in Nature. 

The greatest curse which could befall a people would be 
to enable them to do in one day as much as in ordinary ways 
would occupy one year. Daily schooling and work are nec- 
essary for man's happiness. — God in Nature. 

Photography has developed the sharpest and keenest 
observation, touching the highest artistic expression on pic- 
tures and paintings, bringing man nearer to God. — God in 
Nature. 

There are two great powers at work all the time. One 
develops, the other decimates. Love and life develops, Sa- 
tan and the grave decimates. — God in Nature. 

Anything that is questionable you had better let alone. 
The gates of perdition are open at every corner inviting you 
to step in and partake. — God in Nature. 

A discordant mind is the same as the discordant music. 
When the organs are out of chord the music is the same. 
The mental organs come under the same philosophy. — God 
in Nature. 

Working on a picture after it is finished, is sure de- 
struction on the natural expression. The same in every- 
thing else. It is over nicety that is the greatest curse on the 
road to happiness. It is hairsplitting. — God in Nature. 

In the mediaeval times when in the fourteenth century 
whiskey was water of life, then in the Indian ages it was 
called firewater ; now it is called the water of abomina- 
tion. — God in Nature. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



Vaccination is the greatest preventive of smallpox. 
Conversion is the greatest prevention of sin. Both produce 
a radicnl change, one on the physical, the other on the spir- 
itual. — God in Nature. 

The impress in the petrified sand, from the rain drops, 
show the course of the rain and of the wind before Noah's 
flood. So in man. — God in Nature. 

As a rule women don't laugh enough. If they would 
laugh more and read fewer novels the afternoon of their 
lives would have more silver lining and the song of the 
nightingale would sound more lovely. — God in Nature. 

All insane people quit laug'hing. The highest expres- 
sion of sanity is indicated by a sweet, smiling countenance. 
— God in Nature. 

Thanksgiving has missed you if it has not visited your 
home a!id developed happiness in some shape or form of 
joy, peace, comfort and happiness. — God in Nature. 

Laughing is the same as dish washing. They are 
cleansers — one the table furnishings and the other the mind. 
They are both essentials to godliness. — God in Nature. 

For longevity, large heart, lungs, digestive organs and 
brain, short fingers, heavy and long palms, nostrils large 
and blue hazel eyes. — God in Nature. 

.'\t the close of the year the paramount should be • Have 
I led a life for my own elevation and of my fellow being ; 
if not, how can I improve myself so as to walk hig'her and 
nearer to Godi^ 

When on the journey of life you come to a cross road 
(knowing tliat you are on the right one), don't turn oE to 
the right or left to hunt something so alluring that your 
reason may leave you and land you in the lockup. — God in 
Nature. 

You may delay in the journey of life, but time will go 
on. Be sure to keep pace with time. It is never wrong, it is 
the hand of God and that is never wrong, it is His forerun- 
ner. — God in Nature. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



Electricity runs through ten men without losing its in- 
dividuality ; moreover the ten are charged with different 
electric currents. The same as the ocean currents, they 
rush through the ocean in various directions, but retain 
their individuality. So in good men — they rush to and fro 
and retain their individuality. 

Green and red is an index to freshness and, life; yellow 
and black is the index to decay and death; Nature has 
written these colors for man to see. Cultivate the living 
colors and be happy. 

In the study of astronomy we gain knowledge that con- 
vinces the most skeptical mind that there is a God who is 
the Creator and the Ruler of the iinbounded universe, all 
in all ; for the happiness of man. — God in Nature. 

A4an was created in the image of God and in every part 
adapted for happiness. 

In the evening the setting sun reminds us of an old 
man who is in all respects a good emblem of the great day ; 
all in harmony with the Creator's laws. 

The Bible, in speaking of little children, says, and of 
such is the kingdom of God ; all for the happiness of man. — 
God in Nature. 

Death seems to be a great terror, but if prepared to 
meet this great change it certainly is the greatest blessing 
than a human being can experience ; all for the happiness 

of n:an. — God in Nature. » 

We can't see the v/inds that blow to unify the elements 
in the atmosphere, even in all God's laws they do their work 
so qnietiy for the happiness of man. — God in Nature. 

Work, physical and mental, is necessary for temporal 
and spiritual health ; also for the perpetuation of the race of 
man. 

Christ gives terrestial and celestial light, all for happi- 
ness. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



Impetuosity is one of the meanest traits of character 
found in the human. It makes the world full of blue spots. 
— God in Nature. 

Fogs are an index to a clear skv. Trouble is an index 
to a clear success. — God in Nature. 

Esquimaux Indians in their snow houses, with their 
seal oil and meat, are as happy as the richest nabob in his 
palatial mansion. — God in Nature. 

The smallest flower emits the sweetest odor and the 
fragrance is desired in sweet perfumery. The smaller men 
often develop the grandest thoughts. — God in Nature. 

When I am in a community that have their lots closely 
fenced, I am in a community of old fogies. When I look at 
a b(>ok that is full of punctuation marks, then I am sure that 
the author was an old fogy. — God in Nature. 

Insanity only belongs to the highest civilization of all 
nations in the world. — God in Nature. 

Over rested and over worked are irregularities which 
don't 'harmonize with good common sense. — God in Nature. 

The invalid confined to his room resigned and content- 
ed, has more genuine happiness than the millionaire in his 
grand mansion and not resigned and contented. — God in 
Nature. 

In all the affairs of life we should place our ideals as 
high as possible. If we can't attain them it gives mental 
food that will aftcrd us unbounded pleasure and happiness. 
— God in Nature. 

The Children of Israel liad to gather the manna; we 
have to gatlier the spiritual manna that God supplies, but 
we have to gather or death will be our doom. — God in Na- 
ture. 

The dog dropped the bone to get a bigger one, and 
thereby got none. The boy dropped his occupation for a 
better one and thereby got none, and died in poverty. — God 
in Nature. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



A slip with the foot is easily recovered, but a slip with 
the tongue is not. — God in Nature. 

Science and genius cannot reveal the balmy sweetness 
that reigns in the everlasting fields of Eden. For happiness. 
— 'God in Nature. 

Laugh and grow fat. Don't laugh and grow lean. Fel- 
low traveler, laugh and risk the fat. God is on the growing 
side, Satan is on the lean side, and the pale horse is all the 
time standing at the gate waiting for a job. — God in Nature. 

The black spots on the face of the sun are an eyesore 
to the hairsplitter crank, though too far of¥ to affect us. 
The same in troubles, looking years ahead though too far 
off to affect us. — God in Nature. 

The inhabitants of American Samoa were immunes to 
oolds and consumptions when nude and wild. As soon as 
they were brought under American civilization and proper- 
ly colthed they had colds, consumption and all fashionable 
diseases. — God in Nature. 

Too much learning in a bunch is like too many acorns 
in a bunch. Learning and acorns would mildew and mould 
unless scattered and cultivated individually. — God in Na- 
ture. 

A grain of mustard seed when planted needs care and 
watching until by and by the fowls of the air find a resting 
place in its branches. The same in a good life,, it needs care 
and watching, and by and by the angels of heaven will find 
a home in its branches. — God in Nature. 

Proper sewerage has added immensely to the health and 
length of life in the LJ. S. within the last half century. — God 
in Nature. 

Surgical operations in the curing of appendicitis has 
added years to the average life of the human family. — God 
in Nature. 

. Success will not run after you. You must run after 
it, and if you don't catch it the first time, try again and keep 
on trying until you get it. — God in Nature. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



The mariner's compass is the great indicator to the sail- 
or. The conscience is the great indicator to reason. Both 
are in direct touch with the great throne of God and in har- 
mony with man. — God in Nature. 

The crack in the Independence bell helps to make it 
more popular. The misfortunes the young man had makes 
him the m.ore popular, the split in the Democratic party 
elected Lincohi and liberated 4,000,000 of slaves. — God in 
Nature. 

One cog wrong destroys the time in the watch, one 
nerve being wrong in the human body destroys the normal 
timp of the whole body. — God in Nature. 

Train up a cliild in the way it shoi-.ld go and when old 
it will not dep^.rt. A Bible injunction that is stronger in 
character than all the church religion. — God in Nature. 

In the Carboniferous period of the earth, the crust was 
60 thin that the heat from the internal parts developed and 
equalize tne climate to all parts to accommodate those 
frightful monsters. — God in Nature. 

The highest pealcs and the deepest valleys form the most 
romantic parts of the earth. So in a man's life, the highest 
c-nd lowest steps form the most romantic. — God in Nature. 

Fifty years ago it was a crime to laugh in school 
hours : novv^ it is encouraged and in every other place it acts 
the same as oil on machinery. — God in Nature. 

It is the signature to a note of one dollar or a million 
that makes it valuable. Tt is the clear conscience that 
makes your life valuable after death. — God in Nature. 

Children vary as much as roses. For this reason les- 
sons on the proper treatment should be given, touching their 
individual traits of character so as to bring out the highest 
expression of ti-'lents. — God in Nature. 

Young lady go to the honey bee and learn to take sweets 
out of every flower cup in the highway of life, and be as 
happy as the busy bee. — God in Nature. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



The fine schools that are such a great blessing" emanate 
from the teachings of the Gospel of Christ, inasmuch as 
the schools stop where Christ's teaching stops, all for the 
happiness of man. 

God is no respecter of persons — rich or poor, educated 
or illiterate, good or bad — all for their happiness. 

For m.atrimony nature demands a ripeness of the pro- 
creative organs which are supposed to develop the sweetest 
love and nutrition, all for happiness. — God in Nature. 

The spiritual organs of the mind demand prayer and 
worship to satisfy their desire, all for the happiness of man. 

The mind of man carries an instinct to excel in some- 
thing worthy, which develops the highest happiness. 

The teeth are so placed to eat solid food, all for the 
happiness of man. 

Wherever the laws of matrimony are the most correct- 
ly observed the civilization and happiness is the best, and 
where they are not correctly observed civilization and hap- 
piness run low, proving that matrimony is a divine institu- 
tion. 

It is said by the naturalist that through the instinct- 
ive industry of the honey bee that she visits 20,000 honey 
flowers daily, gathering honey for man's happiness. — God 
in Nature. 

The time in the orbit of the planets in rotation and rev- 
olution is mathematically correct, notwithstanding the ema- 
nation in the environs is based on volition in the rain, snow, 
dews and frosts, all for happiness. — God in Nature. 

The spirituality of the church is direct from the throne 
of Jehovah, and through that medium we hold communion 
with heaven. The membership of the church is the phys- 
ical body. These two bodies must work harmoniously to- 
gether for temporal and spiritual happiness; all for the 
happiness of man. — God in Nature. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



The organ of reason produces one of the greatest fac- 
Tilties of the mind : through reason we come in touch with 
nature's laws of the universe ; all for the happiness of man. 
— God in Nature. 

In digging a well, every time we strike the pick we 
turn up something new ; even so in the Book of God — every 
parable yon read you turn up something new, all touching 
on something that will add to your happiness. — God in Na- 
ture. 

Tl-je power of instinct is not dropped out of creation in 
any creature, hence God's omnicient eye was wide open on 
the power of self protection ; all for happiness. 

Trihnlatioiis are like the waves of the ocean — they 
come and go to purify the souls of men : the ocean waves 
purify Lhe waters of the seas ; all for happiness. 

Salt IS an element that appears of small account, not' 
withstanding it is the great temporal purifier, the same as 
the grace of God, it is the great spiritual purifier ; all for 
man's happiness. 

The greatest of all God's work is time. It has no be- 
ginning nor end : it is the time-keeper of Nature ; it never 
needs repair. All for the happiness of man. 

It is said that love is blind, which gives full sway to 
the passions irrespective of the consequences ; all for the 
happiness of man. 

Everv man has his own kingdom within himself. If 
he rules it well the Creator \vill reward him for his own 
happiness. 

The soul that sinneth shall surely die, but the one that 
docs good shall live : all for the happiness of man. 

All studies belonging to nature become more interesting 
as we j>enetrate them ; all for the happiness of man. 

Nature, in all her avenues, is doing all she can to re- 
store happiness to man. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



Christ said it is more blessed to give than to receive. 
Eternal and Divine law teaches us that the more v^e give 
the more we have to gfive. — God in Nature. 



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Knowledge in the bank of intelligence is very different 
from having moneys in the bank of commerce. Ever}^ time 
you draw out of the former it increases and every time you 
draw on the latter it decreases. — God in Nature. 

Picking stones off the public highway to make the road 
(to those who come after us) smoother, are benefactors and 
command a place on the right hand. — God in Nature. 

Jack Horner popularized himself by a plum. Jackson, 
Lincoln and Harrison by the log cabin, Elijah by the still 
small voice. So in all our great characters like the germ in 
an acorn, at first it is small but in time shows greatness. — 
God in Nature. 

Wealth in all her avenues carries a deep selfishness that 
sometimes is cohered by selfish bequests which are called 
charity. — God in Nature. 

The casket that contains the many fine jewels and 
Golden Gems is opened by the key of diligence. — God in 
Nature. 

The wise man's stepping stones are his m.istakes, the 
improvements lead htm higher every step he makes. — God in 
Nature. 

When the sim of the morning puts out Uis silvery head 
of glory and looks out over the great plains and tlie spark- 
ling dev.^ drops, all exclaiming God of all glory, good morn- 
ing. — God in Nature. 

The sailor has the north star as his guide, the naturalist 
has God as his guide. — God in Nature. 

The stem winds all the powers in the watch, the stomach 
winds all the powers of the body, the healthy action is the 
index to their power. — God in Nature. 

Everything has a sound which is an index to the qual- 
ity ; also to its comniercial value. — God in Nature. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



It is pos^:ible to begin with little and end with less. — 
God in Nature. 

Love is goodness, honor, peace 'and purit>'. They are 
the best things this world can produce and they also hold the 
key to the world on the other side of the grave. — God in 
Nature. 

It is easier to carry a load up grade than down. The 
same in money, it is easier to carry a big load of money up 
grade than down. There is not so much danger in falling 
up hill than down. — God in Nature. 

Having nothing to do gives the lazy man time to hunt 
all the sores and pains, evenin not belonging to his body. 
He never fails to find a multitude, hence he is very un- 
happy and may do violence and needs watching. — God in 
Nature- 

The young man that has the ringing langli is the soul 
winner as f^r as his voice is heard. It is like oil on ma- 
chinery, it makes things spin and hum. — God in Nature. 

Law suits cause you to think back, which means un- 
happiness- Thinking on ahead means happiness, like a 
clear morning sun, there is joy and brightness in the m^e- 
ridian of a clear sky. Steer clear from law suits and be 
happy. — God in Nature. 

A num as strong as a lion and having the lion nature, 
commands more admiration than the one who has the type 
of a sheep. Young man, rather be a lion than a sheep. — 
God m Nature. 

The superior classes of humanity should increase and 
the more inferior decrease, but we find it the opposite. This 
deterioration should be remedied. — God in Nature. 

Nothing gets the cold treatment the same as the flag. 
Though ir had to go through the hottest places where the 
bullets Vvcre flying like hail, going in front in all her pa- 
triotism, now called Old Glory, and placed liigh up on a pole 
in the cold wind, rain and snow for the public to gaze at 
the great emblem. — God in Nature. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



There pre no friutless deeds. They either bring g-ood 
or bad results. — God in Nature. 

Love in old maids acts like spontaneous combustion ; 
comes all of sudden. It is not smoking flax either : it is the 
genuine thing. — God in Nature. 

Do not expect that the little feet could or should keep 
5.tep to a dcctd march, but rather let them have freedom as 
their nature deirvandr it, the same as the birds of the air, to 
be free and happy. 

An old nvAv. thinking over his boyhood days and rever- 
berating the bright flashes of hilarity and happiness. Oh, 
how sad to think, now feeble and on the ragged edges. The 
evening shades are here, Oh death, where is thy sting; Oh 
grave, vv^here is thy victory.^ 

A true sympathizing friend in time of misfortune is the 
greatest blessing this earth can produce. — God in Nature. 

However fascinating sin may appear at first, it is a mis- 
erable fraud and cheat at last. — God in Nature. 

We should do the small things equally as well as the 
large ones, inasmuch as they may be the touch button of the 
whole fabric. — God in Nature. 

Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds.^ — God in Nature. 

Headache is no disease, it is simply a monitor to let you 
know that you are a violator of the natural kws and it is 
God's retribution. — God in Nature. 

To secure contentment measure your desire by your 
fortune, not your fortune by your desires. — God in Nature. 

No man knows what freedom is until he beholds those 
who are deprived of the greatest blessing that belongs to 
any living creature. — God in Nature. 

Knowledge v.nthout practice makes an educated weak- 
ling. — God in Nature. 

If you are content with what you have you are in touch 
with the secret of all happiness. — God in Nature. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



What a blessing it would be for many people if they 
had more practice and less schooling ; all for their happi- 
ness. 

There are people in the world who find happiness 
wherever they go, and on the other hand there are people 
who are never happy or pleasant ; they are morose and sour 
under all circumstances. 

If you want to be happy extend to every one a friendly 
salutation : pleasantness is contagious. All for the happi- 
ness of man. 

The hilarity of school girls while out at play at recess 
is not excelled in happiness on this side of the redeemed. 

The wild man of the forest has no time table, no almi- 
nac, no Bible ; he has nature for his guide ; he sees God in 
the clouds, in the sim, moon and stars, hears Him talk in 
the winds and hears Him in thunder; he looks forward to 
the happy hunting grounds on the other side of the grave. 
He is happy- 

It is not any more unlikely to fomi a bad habit than 
a good one, and it is equally hard to break off from a good 
habit than from a bad one. A habit is a habit. To do any- 
thing over ten times is said to form an instinct. All for 
happiness or for misery. 

A leg out of joint is like religion v/ithout the spirit of 
God in it; both are a nuisance unless properly adjusted — 
the one with the spirit and the other with splinters. Then 
they are proficient for happiness. 

Happiness is a word which is sought after more than 
any other word in tlie dictionary, from the fact that it ap- 
plies to h.eavcn and earth equally. If a man is happy on 
earth he will be happy in heaven, and if he is miserable on 
earth he will be miserable after he is dead. 

In the middle, in the key of F, we find the key of na- 
ture, hence all sounds before tliey die come on the nature- 
key, the tree-tops, the ocean, the great water-fall, the tele- 
graph wires and all sounds pass over into oblivion on this 
key. All for the happiness of man. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



All truly great men have strong and active lungs and a 
good circulation of the blood. — God in Nature. 

Equanimity of mind is the greatest blessing earth can 
produce. It is more than all riches, religion, education and 
position combined. 

When the stingy rich man has ended his earthly career 
and the train arrives at the junction, the terminus transfer 
tickets do not permit of any baggage to be checked to 
heaven ; hence all the wealth he claims is 2x6 feet of earth 
and that not a very long time. 

Dethroning a king is about the same as dehorning Mex- 
ican cattle. In both cases it destroys the aggressive powers, 
and means peace. — God in Nature. 

Christmas don't come on the same day mathematically 
in the calendar. The same in all of the works of nature. 
They are changeable, so is a good man ; he is changeable. 
It is Sc:id fools never change, but wise men do. — God in 
Nature. 

Cycles of time don't change nature's laws. The flowers 
that grev/ at the base of the Egyptian monuments 4,000 
vears ago, flourish, come and go with the rolling ages. Dy- 
nasties crumble. God rules for man's happiness. — God in 
Nature. 

Consulting the cook book and the check book go hand 
m hand, and at the end of the year the balance sheet showtJ 
a deficit in the check book of $462. — ^God in Nature. 

Uphonious composition sounds harmonious to the ear, 
like harmonious music sounds to the ear. Abrupt composi- 
tion sounds unharmonious. — God in Nature. 

Tiie deep instinctive power in all creation makes a quiet 
preparation for the coming of winter. The same fact is ex- 
emplified for the life on the other side of the grave. A 
deep instinctive power is at work all the time until death 
comes. — God in Nature. 

Colds and consumption are the first indications to a 
high civilization. — God in Nature. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



The man who is hi§^h up in the tree of vain glory is 
sure to tramp _on a limb that will break and down he will 
come, much faster than he went up ; and if he tries it the 
second time he will be sure to be more manly in the attempt. 
— God in Nature. 

The g-rcatest medicine to cure all the ills that man is 
heir to is centered on cheerfulness. You can take it at any 
hour of the day or night. It is the greatest stepping' stone 
to the Kingdom of God. — God in Nature. 

Dazzling prospects nearly always turn out sad failures. 
For happiness. — God in Nature. 

At the present date prize fights are regarded as old 
chestnuts in our fast American Age. Even foot ball stands 
higher. — God in Nature. 

To bear losses and misfortunes manfully is the great 
center of a golden character. — God in Nature. 

The millionaire gets his boarding the same as the dig- 
ger of ditches. The digger can eat and sleep and be happy. 
The millionaire can't eat, sleep or be happy. — God in Na- 
ture. 



The young man who lives within his means before he 
marries is dtstined to be a bright star in the firmament of 
angelic husbands. — God in Nature. 

Marines say that a horse pitched into the ocean will 
take a straight line to the nearest shore. A man not having 
so much good instir.ct can't do this. — God in Nature. 

One would suppose the reason money is so often called 
filthy lucre is because there are so many filthy notes in cir- 
culation. (It is a Bible expression.) — God in Nature. 

We are all subject to make mistakes (this is an allwise 
!aw). By them we climb higher in the scale of greatness. — 
God in Nature. 

Money is the handmaid to all that is good and to all 
that is bad. It is the same as oil acid is to machinery. — 
God in Nature. 



GOD IN NATURE. 



The proverbs and parables which were written cen- 
turies ag-o, correspond with that period. The environs were 
very different, hence they are only fit for the waste basket, 
the same as old machinery. It is right to be up to date and 
be happy. 

When you take your sledge and strike against a big, 
solid tree there is little sound ; strike a hollow tree and the 
sound is great. The same philosophy holds good in men. 
Great meti are quiet, fools are noisy. Be quiet and be hap- 

py- 

The chicken-hearted man is good to manage chickens ; 
the man that has good horse sense is good to manage horses. 
Both are happy in their proper element. 

Different characters are written on the different faces, 
all representing individual traits of character, all adapted 
to fill diff'erent vocations, which should be closely considered 
before starting out for life, for happiness. 

Ireland produces the best developed and proportioned 
people, also the most pleasant. It is said that they laug'h 
too much to commit suicide. All for happiness. 

The eye of the North American Indian is perfect even 
to old age. They have, as a general rule, no access to whis- 
key and do not read any fine print. They are happy when 
unmolested. 

The man whose head is full of knowledge is respected ; 
the man who is ignorant has few friends anti they of a low 
type. Knowledge is Power. Get knowledge. It don't 
matter hovv^ you get it. All for happiness. 

The greatest blessing to man is to know that life is im- 
mortal. This knowledge cannot be buried or hanged. It is 
a never-dying monument. All for present and future hap- 
piness. 

The Creator was employed millions of years to prepare 
this earth in all its geological parts, so as to make it good for 
man. All for man's happiness. 



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